Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made on the planned building programme for a college (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The planned building programme for the College referred to by the Deputy involves four individual major projects all of which are progressing.

Three projects, a Digital Media Building, Workshops and a Multi Purpose Hall form part of the first bundle of higher education projects that were announced earlier this year for delivery through the Public Private Partnership process. Pre-procurement work on the first bundle involving preparation of output specifications, determining the public service benchmark and securing outline planning permission is on-going. When completed for all projects within the bundle, the bundle will be transferred to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for procurement.

The fourth project at the College involves an extension to the Quadrangle Building and is currently in architectural design. The project is being funded by direct Exchequer capital and some private resources being procured by the College.