Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is intended that the school will move to interim accommodation on its permanent site at Mount Anville for September 2023. The grant of planning permission was received on 16 September 2022. The Department officials, the project manager and the design team have engaged with the planning roles and departments within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to agree the works required for the public road and junction outside of the school site, as required on condition No. 7 of the planning permission. The last communication from the local authority to our design team on 17 November indicated that the council is finalising its programme of work for Mount Anville and Deerpark Road. The works to the road junction to be carried out by my Department for the interim accommodation for the school are required to align with the council’s programme of work. Both the design team of my Department and the local authority are jointly working to agree that alignment.

Specifically, on the permanent project, once the project manager is appointed, the tender process will commence for the appointment of a design team which will take the project forward through the stages of architectural planning, including preparation of the planning application to the local authority. It is not possible at this time, in advance of the appointment of the project manager, the design team and ahead of the pre-planning consultations with the local authority, to indicate when the planning permission for the project will be secured. Considerable work has been done, however, and the school will be kept informed via its patron, which I believe is An Foras Pátrúnachta.

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