Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know this school well. The major project for Rosmini Community School is included in the six year construction programme, announced on 17 November 2015. The building project will provide a new 350 student post primary school with an multiple disability and visual impairment unit on the site of existing school building.

Planning permission for this new school was lodged with Dublin City Council at the end of January 2017. Notification of decision to grant planning permission was received on 18 Aug 2017 from Dublin City Council. There has been a third party planning appeal to An Bord Pleanála, which has significantly delayed this project from progressing to tender stage. The design team appointed by my Department has submitted a detailed rebuttal of this appeal and a decision from An Bord Pleanála is awaited.

This project is currently at stage 2B of architectural planning, which is detailed design. The design team is preparing the stage 2B submission, which will be submitted to my Department following the conclusion of the appeal to An Bord Pleanála. When the stage 2B submission has been received and reviewed, my Department will be in contact with the school authorities as regards the further progression of this project to tender and construction stages.

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