Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building project construction contracts awarded in the past ten years to a company (details supplied); the school involved in each project; the current status of each project; if he will detail in respect of each project if the work is being or has been completed satisfactorily within the agreed budget and the agreed timeframe in respect of any project past its agreed finish date; if he will detail any unresolved issues or any problems which remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36771/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The details of major school building projects which commenced since 2008 involving the company to which the Deputy refers are contained in the attached document.

Contractual disputes can and do occur on a proportion of all building projects. When these arise there are informal procedures, in addition to formal procedures within the contract, to deal with such disputes. Most of the projects on the attached list relate to contractual arrangements between individual schools and the contractor to which the Deputy refers. As such, the detailed records sought by the Deputy would be retained by the individual contracting authorities and their Design Teams. The compilation of such information would take a significant amount of official time to compile. Furthermore, without a detailed knowledge of each individual project and the site specific issues involved, the details compiled could be open to misinterpretation.

However, if the Deputy has a specific query on a specific project and where it is considered that the release of such information would not adversely affect my Department's ability to resolve any extant or future contractual or legal issues which may arise, then I would be happy to provide the details required.