Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the status of the architectural planning phase. [29979/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The process of appointing a design team to the proposed building project at the school referred to by the Deputy has commenced.

On behalf of the Client, the School Board of Management, my School Building Section published the advertisement seeking the relevant consultancy services on the public procurement portal, www.etenders.gov.ie, on 15 August last. The closing date for receipt of expressions of interest under this EU procurement process is 12 noon on Monday 9th October 2006 and all submissions are returning to the Board of Management who will conduct the assessment of those submissions.

As soon as the Board of Management has completed the assessment exercise, and the School Building Section has ratified their recommendations, the architectural planning phase of the project will begin.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural planning phase of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; and when this project will go to tender. [29980/06]

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 architectural planning. This school was one of sixty two that I announced in January of this year to start the architectural planning process of their building project.

A full Design Team has been appointed to bring the proposed building project through the various stages of architectural planning.

In July of this year following an information seminar held in my Department's offices in Tullamore, the Architect for the School in question was furnished with the relevant drawings and asked do forward a stage 3 submission (Detailed Plans/costs) to my Department for approval.

When this information is received my Department will be in further contact with the school Authorities and the Design Team as to how best to further progress this project.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the architectural planning phase of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; and when this project will go to tender. [29981/06]

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 architectural planning. This School was one of the sixty two schools that I announced in January of this year to start the architectural planning process.

A full Design Team has been appointed to bring the proposed building project through the various stages of architectural planning.

Kildare VEC has allocated a three acre site from within the twenty acre Piper's Hill Campus for the School in question. It is expected that the Piper's Hill site will be transferred to the ownership of Kildare VEC in the near future.

The proposed new school consists of an area of 2215m2. In September of this year a letter issued to the School Authorities and the Consultant Architects on the project giving approval to carry out a combined stage 1/ 2 (Outline sketch scheme with costings) submission. When this information is received in my Department, officials will be in further contact with the school Authorities and the Design Team as to how best to further progress this project.

Progression of projects to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the 2006 to 2010 Schools Building and Modernisation programme.