Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline all current projects on the 2012 schools building projects list; the current status of each project on the list; the amount of money that has been spent in 2012 on each project; the total monetary commitment for each project; if all projects under the 2012 school building projects list are under construction; if he will provide a time frame for commencement and completion of each of the projects; if all the projects will go ahead, and if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31555/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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On the 19th of December 2011 I announced details of 56 major school building projects planned to advance to construction in 2012. A further 60 schools under construction at that time also form part of the 2012 building programme. These projects are part of a €430m education infrastructure plan for 2012 and represent the first phase of a €2 billion five-year plan.

Of the 116 schools included on the 2012 building programme, 8 schools will be delivered by Public Private Partnership (PPP). A preferred tenderer was appointed in September 2011 following which planning applications were made and subsequently granted. It is anticipated that a contract for the construction of the entire bundle of 8 schools will be awarded in the coming months. Details of the current status of the remaining 108 schools are regularly updated and available under the School Planning/Building section of my Department's website at www.education.ie. With regard to your request for details of the "amount of money that has been spent in 2012 on each project" and the "monetary commitment for each project", you will appreciate that it would be inappropriate to release such commercially sensitive information. To do so would not be in the public interest as it would undermine current and future tender competitions. However, I can confirm that for 2012 a total of €209m was allocated to major school projects of which €105m has been expended to date.