Written answers

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Department of Education and Skills

Institutes of Technology

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the various stages that form the plan to consolidate the Dublin Institute of Technology in Grangegorman; the work each stage involves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/12]

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the stage one work to consolidate Dublin Institute of Technology's move to the Grangegorman campus as announced as part of the stimulus package; what this stage involves; the expected timeframe for work involved in this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48706/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 386 together.

The Grangegorman project centres on the redevelopment of the Grangegorman 73 acres site as a new urban quarter with the capacity to transform Dublin's inner city. The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) prepared a master plan for the site which formed the basis for securing Strategic Development Zoning (SDZ) awarded by Dublin City Council in July 2011. The SDZ was appealed to An Bord Pleanála but was given approval in May 2012. Following the announcement of the stimulus package for the country in July 2012, some €180 million of the Government's estimated €2.25 billion stimulus package announced will go towards the Grangegorman project. DIT is currently located in 39 sites across the capital, some of which are in poor condition. The plan for Grangegorman is to combine these sites into one single educational facility. The GDA is progressing the renovation of several historic buildings and the construction of a new science research institute. It is proposed that this will result in an initial 1,050 students on the Grangegorman site by 2014. In parallel with this, the agency is advancing two quadrangles as Public Private Partnerships which will facilitate the relocation of an additional 10,000 students currently in various locations around the city. This will bring over 50% of DIT to Grangegorman by 2017. This initial investment including the first phase of the PPP investment is expected to give rise to a sizeable presence of students at Grangegorman. The College of Art and Tourism, the College of Sciences and Health and the College of Engineering and Built Environment (part) are expected to be relocated to the campus.

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