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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 705 and 756 together. The permanent school building project for the site referred to by the Deputy is a campus project to deliver a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for school mentioned by the Deputy is in early architectural planning which involves site surveys, school design stages and the preparation of statutory applications. It is anticipated that the planning application for the permanent school referred to by the Deputy will be lodged in Q2 2023. My Department must then await a decision on planning from the local authority. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I will issue a response directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the deputy has been devolved for delivery to Dublin & Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB).The brief for this project is extremely complex. This resulted in a more difficult than usual and protracted process of preparation of tender documentation. The original brief provided for a 27 classroom brief on a difficult site and it failed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning – Stage 2b Detailed Design, where the design team make their applications for all statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. The Design Team are currently completing the Stage 2(b) submission. Upon receipt and review of the stage 2(b)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning – Stage 3 tender action and award. The Design Team was authorised to proceed to tender in June 2022. The closing date for tenders has now passed and the Design Team are currently preparing the Tender report which will be forwarded to my Department in due course, on receipt this report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery under the patronage of CEIST. Approval has been given under the Department’s Major Capital Programme for a project to proceed to delivery as part of Project Ireland 2040. The brief for this project is to provide a 16 classroom Primary School with 1 SEN Base, GP room, Library and other ancillary accommodation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery under the patronage of CEIST. Approval has been given under the Department’s Major Capital Programme for a project to proceed to delivery as part of Project Ireland 2040. The brief for this project is to provide a 1,000 pupil Post Primary School including a 4 class SEN Base, 37 classrooms, Specialist rooms, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: A large scale capital project to provide accommodation for 1000 pupils for the school referred to by the Deputy reached substantial completion in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware responsibility for delivering a major project for the school in question has been devolved to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB). The Department of Education originally approved the construction of a standalone extension of just over 4,000m2 in area to include a 2-classroom Special Education needs base. Some works to the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning – Stage 2b Detailed Design, where the design team make their applications for all statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. The Design Team are currently completing the Stage 2(b) submission. Upon receipt and review of the stage 2(b)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 4, in construction. Works commenced on site in January 2022 and are scheduled for completion in Quarter 3 of 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of overall requirements and available funding. Our most immediate priorities are to cater for September 2023 requirements. We are engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in relation to capital funding pressures in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 718, 732 and 741 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 719, 731 and 740 together. The Project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage Tender Action and Award. My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. My Department's published NDP allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The building project for the school referred to by the deputy has been devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). The project is currently at Stage 3 of the delivery process. The Department recently received the Tender Assessment Report for consideration before issuing approval to Stage 4 Construction. The Department’s Planning and Building Unit...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the construction of a new school building for the school that had occupied the property referred to by the Deputy was completed in 2017. The property and site was subsequently acquired by my Department under redress from the Sisters of Mercy in 2019. It is intended that the site will continue to be used for education purposes.