Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is interested in providing biomass fired heating systems for public sector institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11078/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Department of Education and Skills does not endorse individual products or suppliers nor does it maintain lists of approved contractors, sub-contractors or suppliers. As long as a product is in line with the Departments general guidelines (Technical Guidance Documents available at www.education.ie) it is open to the design team on any particular project to consider that product along with all viable alternatives when designing a school. It is a matter for each business to determine how best to market its particular product and to convince Architects and M&E Engineers who may be engaged in designing schools of the merits of that particular product over other alternatives available on the market.