Denis O'Donovan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the next steps for the Bantry schools PPP project. [40365/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's PPP Unit will immediately commence the pre-procurement process for the second bundle of Public Private Partnership projects which includes Bantry Community College and Gaelscoil Bheanntrai and will shortly begin stakeholder meetings with each of the individual schools. The stakeholder meetings will include management, staff, pupils, parents, trade unions and other interested relevant local individuals or groups and will provide a detailed explanation of the PPP procurement process and the role of the individual schools in the bundled project.

Other tasks to be undertaken as part of the pre-procurement process include the preparation of Output Specifications in respect of each school in the bundle, preparation of the Public Services Benchmark and the completion of all statutory requirements. When these tasks are completed the project bundle will be handed over to the National Development Finance Agency who will procure the projects on behalf of my Department.