Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 638: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tender documents have been received by his Department in respect of the construction of a new school at Loughegar, Mullingar, County Westmeath; if so, if such tenders have been assessed; when construction of the said school will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project at the school to which he refers was included in my recent announcement of 43 projects to proceed to tender and construction in 2009. Since then, the school authorities and their design team attended a briefing session with my Department officials at which they were informed of the next steps necessary to bring this project to tender and construction.

My Department is currently awaiting receipt of the Stage 2b submission from the Design Team. Stage 2b, which includes the detailed design and bill of quantities for the project is the precursor to tender stage. My Department will inform the school authorities of further progress once the stage 2b submission has been received. In the meantime, to facilitate the smooth progression of this project to tender and construction, the pre-qualification notice necessary to short-list suitably qualified contractors has been placed on the Government's e-tenders web-site.