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Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (8 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 78 together. Dance is included in the strands in the Physical Education curriculum in primary and post primary schools. In addition, students may choose dance as one of the courses available within the Arts component of the Leaving Certificate Applied programme (LCA). The LCA is taken by some 7% of the student cohort and a maximum of four credits from...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The information sought by the Deputy in todays question and in Priority Question No. 36 of 25 March 2009 and Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 24 March 2009 regarding the rental costs of prefabricated buildings is given in the following tabular statement. The Deputy should note that the schools identified with asterisks denote total cumulative rental costs in excess of €100,000. Those...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department, like all Departments, was instructed that no further contractual commitments in respect of Exchequer capital expenditure could be entered into without the approval of the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance requests on a quarterly basis a composite application for those capital expenditure items that my Department wishes to enter into. The first such application...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for large scale capital funding from the school to which he refers. It has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria of my Department and assigned a Band rating of 2.5. As the Deputy will be aware, in February, I announced details of 43 major building projects to proceed to tender and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The proposed building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is currently awaiting the appointment of a Design Team. As the Deputy will be aware, in February, I announced details of 43 major building projects to proceed to tender and construction and 25 high priority projects to commence architectural planning. The project to which the Deputy refers was not included in this...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: A school building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general all sub-contractors employed on school building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: Following an initial pre-qualification process, ten contractors were invited to tender and seven valid tenders were returned for the new school in Kill, Co Kildare. The valid tenders are currently being examined and subject to the necessary technical and financial approvals, it is expected that I will be in a position to place a contract in the near future.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers is one of projects announced in September 2008 to be re-tendered with a view to going on site as soon as possible. For this project to go to construction it needs to be re-tendered under the new Department of Finance form of contract for public capital projects. The project has been pre-qualified and it is expected to go to tender shortly. The Tendering...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy may be aware the School Building and Modernisation Programme is generally divided into a number of components or sub-programmes. These include Large-Scale Building Projects (new school buildings and major extensions/refurbishments); Devolved Schemes, Emergency Works; Site Acquisitions; Remediation programmes (asbestos removal, radon mitigation); the provision of Temporary...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers was included in my announcement on 12 February of forty three major school building projects which are to progress to tender and construction this year. The project is currently at an early stage of architectural planning.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers was included in my announcement on 12 February of forty three major school building projects which are to progress to tender and construction this year. The project is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers was included in my announcement on 12 February of forty three major school building projects which are to progress to tender and construction this year. The project is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The school to which the Deputy refers was included in my announcement on 12 February of forty three major school building projects which are to progress to tender and construction this year. The project is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The grant referred to by the Deputy is still available to the school in question. A letter in the matter issued to the school recently.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for large scale capital funding from the school to which he refers. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The information on major school building projects in County Kildare sought by the Deputy is included in the following tables. Of the projects in architectural planning listed in Table 1, those at stage 2 and 3 have all been approved to progress to tender and construction this year. The three projects at stage 1 are currently in the very early stages of architectural planning and further...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Forward Planning Section of my Department is still in the process of identifying the areas where significant additional accommodation will be required at primary and post-primary level for 2009 and onwards. Factors under consideration include population growth, demographic trends, current and projected enrolments, recent and planned housing developments and capacity of existing schools...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for large scale capital funding from the school to which he refers. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme....

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (9 Apr 2009)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department will continue to provide funding to the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences for the provision of PhD scholarships this year. However, due to current budgetary constraints, there will be some reduction in the numbers of awards made by the Councils in 2009 compared to last year.