Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Building Projects Status

Photo of Derek KeatingDerek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report on the application for structural funding for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, as this college has been waiting for an extension which is now many years overdue and in the next few months it is scheduled to go to planning permission stage. [35649/14]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The building project for an extension to the school referred to by the Deputy is included in the Five Year Construction Programme to proceed to Tender and Construction. The design team on the project had reached completion of Stage 1 of Architectural Planning. As part of that work it was agreed by my Department that extensive additional refurbishment works to the existing school will also be required.

My Department approved a significant increase in the scope of works for the project to incorporate those refurbishment works. Arising from this expansion in the scope of works it was necessary to commence a tender exercise for the appointment of a new design team to take the project forward from this point. This process, which was conducted by the ETB, is currently being finalised.

Photo of Derek KeatingDerek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school extensions at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, as both schools are expecting to go to planning permission stage in the very near future; if additional structured funds will be provided as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35656/14]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The project referred to by the Deputy is currently progressing through the stages of Architectural Planning. Following the Stage 2(a) Stakeholders meeting, a Stage 2(a) addendum report was received from the Board of Management and a review was completed by my Department with comments issuing to the school in late August.

In early September one of the schools contacted my Department to advise that they wish to request a brief change and were advised to submit a supplementary report for consideration. On receipt of this report and subject to no issues arising, the project will then be authorised to proceed to commence the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert as part of Stage 2(b) of the architectural planning process.

School building projects, including the project referred to by the Deputy, which have been initiated but not included in the current five year construction programme will continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of the possibility of further funds being available to the Department in the future.

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