Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a broad description of each capital project with a construction cost in excess of €5 million during the past five years; when each project was first considered by her Department; when each project will be procured or tendered; when each will be completed; if each project will be part-financed by user or other charges; the number of public servants currently employed in the delivery of each project; the names of the consultants and advisers used to date in respect of each project; the titles of the consultancy reports carried out or in progress; the expenditure to date on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12551/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 35 school building projects with a construction cost in excess of €5 million was undertaken during the last five years. The detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to each project is not readily available in the format requested and the compilation of such data would require the diversion of staff resources. However, if the Deputy has a query in respect of a particular project, I would be happy to provide the information.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her estimate of the capital requirement of her Department and its agencies over the next ten years; the projects in excess of €20 million that may be procured during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12552/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The current five year capital envelope provides for investment of €3.4 billion to 2009. It will be necessary as a minimum to sustain that level of investment for the following five year period to 2014 in order to address the infrastructure deficit at all levels of the education system and to meet emerging needs.

My Department is working on a continuous basis to estimate future requirements drawing on the most up to date census data, the development plans of local authorities and the new area development plans being prepared by the Department itself and the commission on school accommodation. The Department will also assess the impact on capital requirements of future policy developments both within the education sector and the knock-on impact of other changes that may have implications for education provision such as increased changes that might occur in inward migration due to EU enlargement and meeting skills needs in the economy.

The Kelly report on the infrastructure needs of the third level sector prepared by the HEA and published last year contains a number of projects that will individually exceed €20 million and which are for delivery in the period in question. It is also likely that the PPP allocation within the capital envelope will involve the bundling of individual projects from within the education sector at a combined value of at least €20 million in order to ensure market interest at competitive levels.