Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1520, 1521, 1522 and 1523 of 27 January 2009, if his Department has signed the formal contracts to build these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7934/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The schools referred to by the Deputy make up the first bundle of schools to be procured under my Department's current Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme. Macquarie Partnership for Ireland (MPFI) has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the provision of this Bundle. The National Development Finance Agency, who are responsible for the procurement phase, has almost finalised all the necessary contractual details with MPFI. The contracts cannot be signed until all the details have been finalised.