Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the length of time it will take to produce a new school development in Ballygarvan, County Cork should a site be immediately available. [9070/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The property management section of the OPW which acts on behalf of my Department with regard to site acquisitions generally is exploring the possibility of acquiring a site for the provision of a new school for the Ballygarvan parish. When a site has been procured, the project will be progressed in the context of the school building and modernisation programme 2005-09. It is not possible to give a specific timeframe for the development of a new school in view of the very large number of school building projects being dealt with by my Department and the priority to be afforded to such projects.

The rate of progress to construction depends on factors such as the complexity and size of the project, the time required to undertake architectural planning, the volume of other projects being dealt with by the design team and my Department's building unit, the period of time required for the granting of planning permission and obtaining a fire certificate, the availability of funding, the outcome of the tender competition and the procurement, where relevant, of bonds, insurance and tax clearance by prospective contractors.