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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for the issuing of completion certificates for schools built in each of the years, 2009 to 2014, 2014 to September 2017 and September 2017 to date in 2018; if this expressly required site visits by clerks of work; if the number or nature of inspections was prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46084/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight exercised in respect of various school building projects before September 2017. [46100/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department independently, as a customer, ever engaged in quality checking of major school building projects before 2017. [46101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils displaced from schools built by a company (details supplied) identified as needing remedial works during construction that will be moved from the site of their current school; the distance from each school they have been moved from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46085/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of works on schools built by a company (details supplied) identified as needing remedial works; and the estimated date for the return of all pupils to their classrooms. [46086/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of design, build and operate contracts issued; the builder of each project; the year the contract was issued; the school for which the contract was issued in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46088/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to finalise plans for a new primary school in Ashbourne, County Meath. [46094/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support and subvention which will be made available to the four recently announced Educate Together schools in setting up their schools. [46096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the assigned certifier in respect of each school building project subject to 2014 building regulations constructed by a company (details supplied); if an inspection plan and inspection notification framework was in place and acted upon in respect of each project; and if he was informed of any issues as they arose. [46102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of each project undertaken by a company (details supplied) and in which remedial works have been deemed necessary, contact has been made with the assigned certifiers under 2014 building regulations since the recent difficulties were uncovered. [46103/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of each project undertaken by a company (details supplied) and in which remedial works have been deemed necessary, if the assigned certifiers under 2014 building regulations also took part in recent examinations of construction standards. [46104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase capacity on the train line serving the M3 park-and-ride facility. [46098/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister said he is going to pursue Western Building Systems. I encouraged him to do that when I met him last week and I still encourage him to do that. It is very important. I previously expressed concerns that it seems to have taken three years simply to issue proceedings in court in regard to issues with fire safety certificates. I am concerned about that as well the Statute of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: What is the clerk of works doing if he or she is not checking that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: On that point, would the architects, engineers and project managers employed by the Department to issue a certificate of completion have had any responsibility? Would the Department have expected them to check the most serious issues and not just items such as toilet roll holders? One of the items on the snag list was to finish the painting of gas pipes. Are those concerned not considering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: For the snag list for a three-bedroom semi-detached house, the buyer might or might not get an architect. In this case, the Department got a project management company, mechanical, electrical, lighting and energy consultants, and a leading firm of architects. Therefore, quite detailed inspections were done of Ardgillan college by the Department before the money was issued, yet it did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have been in contact with the local authorities about investigations. As far as I know, they are the ones that deal with them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We all were invited to Tullamore and only two of us went to Tullamore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Can I ask a question similar to that posed by Deputy Boyd Barrett?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: In the past two years, did Engineers Ireland or any similar organisation warn the Minister for Education and Skills or his Department about Western Building Systems in the context of Ardgillan Community College? Did anyone specifically warn them about any other buildings issues within the past year or so?