Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of the progress in regard to the acquisition of the site for the new national school at Kill, County Kildare; if the site has been transferred and agreement reached with all the parties concerned; the extent to which the precise scale and level of accommodation has been agreed; when the project will go to tender in view of the urgent nature of the need to relocate from the existing school site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2288/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of my Department generally on the acquisitions of sites for schools, has identified a suitable site for St. Brigid's National School in Kill. Agreement on the site acquisition has been reached subject to contract. While draft contracts have been exchanged, I am advised that the conveyancing process continues to be delayed pending an outcome of a planning application by the vendor.

In the meantime, I announced, in November 2006, that this project is to commence architectural design so that preliminary progress can be made on the delivery of the new primary school in Kill. Subject to the securing of the site, my School Building Section is examining options, including the use of generic design, to speed up delivery of this project.