Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on the current building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13, since the school opened; the amount that was spent on the main building; the amount that was spent on pre-fabricated units; and the additional cost of providing more pre-fabricated units for the next school year. [5993/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question was established as an 8 classroom school in 2008. Since then, the building has been expanded and modified to facilitate additional classrooms.

The total cost to date of providing this facility, including its rental, amounts to €4.6 million.

The cost of providing prefabs amounted to €354,692. Two additional prefabs are required for the next school year and the school is in the process of sourcing these. The costs are not known at this stage.

The Deputy will be aware that the school is included in the 5 Year construction Plan for the of a new school. The project is currently at Stage 2(a) (Developed Sketch Design) and a draft Stage 2(a) report was recently submitted for review by my Department. A Stage 2(a) stakeholders meeting with the school and its design team is currently being arranged.

Subject to no issues arising, the project will then be authorized to progress to Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design, which includes the application for statutory approvals (including Planning Permission) and the preparation of tender documents.