Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeframe for the completion of stage 2A design in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and when the much needed building development programme will conclude. [37161/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2A (Developed Sketch Design Stage) of Architectural Planning. My officials have recently written to the Board of Management and their Design Team authorising the project to complete Stage 2A and to propose a date for the Stage 2A Stakeholders meeting. Following this meeting, and subject to no issues arising, the project will then be authorised to proceed to Stage 2B which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents.

Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic requirements it was not possible to include this project in the 5 year construction programme announced in March 2012.

School building projects, including the project for this school, 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 my Department in the future.