Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private consultant architects that have been retained, directly or indirectly, by her Department to provide professional architectural led services for the construction or renovation of the primary school system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26853/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 230 large scale projects progressing from early design through to post-contract control stage in the primary sector. At the commencement of the process a Design Team is appointed to each of these large scale projects and comprises the services of an architect, structural engineer, mechanical and electrical engineer and a quantity surveyor. There are 120 consultant architect firms engaged on the large scale projects.

On the devolved projects (Summer Works Scheme, Small School Scheme and Permanent Accommodation Scheme) the standard practice involves the appointment of a single consultant to such a project with ancillary services bought in if required. Architects, engineers or building surveyors all perform this function but in the majority of cases an architect is the likely appointment. While there are over 1,000 projects devolved to the primary sector for 2007, individual consultants are generally associated with a number of projects.