Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to date of inviting tenders for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal including architectural fees, consultants reports and other matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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6153The project to which the Deputy refers was originally tendered in 2007. This project was one of 43 projects I announced on 12 February to go to tender and construction in 2009.

For this project to go to construction it now needs to be re-tendered under the new Department of Finance form of contract for public capital projects.

The fees applicable to the tender action stage of any school project represent 5% of the overall fees due to the Design Team. To date a total of €18,619.79 has been paid on fees relating to the tender action stage of this project. Any additional fees arising from re-tendering this project will be more than offset by the cost savings that will accrue due to current competitive market conditions.