Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 9 April 2008, if the final contract papers are finalised and the purchase of the site completed; when he will publish the next design team list; if he has decided if the school is to be included in the next PPP bundle; if not, when such a decision will be made; when the second PPP bundle will go to the market; when it is envisaged that the third bundle will go to market; when the first PPP bundle went to market; when it will go on site; the timetable for completion of that bundle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17979/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The final legal transfer of title is currently under way in respect of a site purchased by the Department for the provision of a new school referred to by the Deputy. The Department is currently examining the feasibility of allowing this school proceed in the 3rd Bundle of Public-Private Partnership projects which I will be announcing later this year. The indicative timeframe for the delivery of a PPP schools currently stands at approximately 4 years from the date the bundle is formally announced.

It is envisaged that the 2nd Bundle of School projects will be offered to the market later this month. It is not possible to say prior to the completion of the outline planning process and any site specific issues which may arise when the 3rd Bundle will be offered to the market.

The 1st bundle of school projects in the current programme was offered to the market on the 27th September 2006 and subject to the planning process it is envisaged that construction will commence in July/August this year with the schools due to be completed by the end of 2009.