Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 1757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she anticipates the permanent buildings for a school (details supplied) will be in place for September 2008; the stages that remain outstanding on the construction of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3057/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The permanent School Building project referred to by the Deputy is at early stage of architectural planning. My Department wrote to the Design Team on the project on the 20th September 2006 requesting a stage 1/2 submission (Outline sketch scheme with costings) and this submission is expected in my Department by the end of February this year.

When this stage 1/2 submission is received in my Department, my Officials will arrange a meeting with the School Authorities and their Design Team in order to evaluate the documentation. It is envisaged that unless there are very exceptional circumstances involved, the meeting will be sufficient to authorise the project to progress to the next stages of architectural planning. There are 9 stages of architectural planning of which going to tender and construction is stage 6.

Progression of the project to tender and construction will be considered in the context of the School Building and Modernisation Programme 2007-2013. Over €4.8 billion will be provided for school building infrastructure under the new NDP 2007-2013.