Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when tenders will be invited for the new school for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the anticipated timeframe for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The project referred to by the Deputy is listed among the large scale projects on the capital programme for 2005 which have been approved to move to tender and construction over the next 12 to 15 months.

My Department's building unit arranged a general information session for all schools on this list to guide them through the process involved. The meeting took place on 1 February in Tullamore and representatives from the school in question attended. My Department's building unit will be in touch with the school shortly to progress the project further.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when tenders will be invited for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the anticipated timeframe for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7354/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an extension project at the school to which he refers is on the list of projects approved to proceed to tender and construction in the next 12 to 15 months.

Approval has recently been given to the school authority, County Kildare VEC, to prepare the tender documentation for this project. This will also involve advertising the project for expressions of interest from contractors.

When the VEC has completed this work my Department will be in contact with it regarding the invitation of tenders from short-listed contractors. Subject to a satisfactory outcome to the tender process the project will then be proceeding to construction.