Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the schedule of work will be made available for the construction of classrooms to replace two prefabs and toilets including a disabled toilet and resource rooms at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of the architectural planning process and was listed in my announcement of April 2005 as a project to progress through the architectural planning process up to pre-tender stage.

In December 2005 following a review of the long-term accommodation needs of the school, my Department's officials visited the school in question in order to compile schedules of accommodation which will adequately meet the schools accommodation requirements into the future. When these schedules are completed my Department will be in further contact with the school authorities as to the next steps involved in progressing this project.

My Department's Planning and Building Guidelines state that a design team should be appointed, consisting of an Architect, a Quantity Surveyor, a Structural Engineer and a Services Engineer to ensure that educationally, architecturally, and economically it meets the standards as set down by my Department. The design team for this project is in the process of being appointed and my officials will be advising the school regarding the appointment of the remaining Design Team disciplines. A decision on which school building projects will advance to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2006-2010.