Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a design team has been appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare following an information seminar attended by representatives of the board of management in December 2006; her plans to progress this matter in early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24491/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the process of appointing a Design Team for the school building project he refers to is at an advanced stage. Tender documents are currently being assessed by my Department's technical team. When this assessment is completed, a number of documents will be requested from the preferred consultants namely, Tax Clearance Certificate, evidence of Certified Turnover and evidence of suitable Professional Indemnity Insurance. Once these documents are checked and deemed appropriate, contracts will be signed and the architectural planning of the school project will be commenced.

Progression of the project to tender and construction will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.