Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Building Projects Applications

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to replace the prefabs at a school (detailed supplied) with permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35475/14]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 17 July 2014, if she will review the status of this project in view of the fact that the catchment population has increased by nearly 40% between censuses and the school population has trebled in the last nine years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35753/14]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 462 together.

The catchment area for the school referred to by the Deputies has been identified by my Department as an area requiring increased accommodation to meet demographic demand over the period between now and 2019. A major school building extension project has already being announced and is being progressed as part of my Department's Five Year Construction Plan to meet this demand. In that regard, my Department is continuing to monitor enrolments in the area.

An additional project is also being progressed through the Department's architectural planning process in respect of the school referred to by the Deputies. This project has reached an advanced stage of Architectural Planning, - Stage 2(b) - which includes securing Planning Permission, Fire Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. All relevant statutory approvals have been obtained and the Design Team are currently working on the preparation of the tender documentation. The Design Team expect to be in a position to submit the Stage 2(b) report to the Department for review in the coming weeks. Whilst, it is not possible to progress all projects within the Department's building programme to construction concurrently due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, the project in question is now well placed to progress to tender and construction in the event that further funding becomes available to my Department in the future.

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