Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five Year Plan/Capital Building Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12108/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I am pleased to advise that a major capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's current 5 Year Construction Plan.

The project is at an early stage of Architectural Planning. Following a recent Pre Stage 1 meeting, which was held in February 2015, the Board of Management and their Design Team have been authorised to progress to Stage 2(a), which is the developed sketch design stage. Upon successful completion of stage 2(a) and subject to no issues arising, this project will be authorised to proceed to Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design Stage, which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability Access Certification and the preparation of tender documents.

The project will be progressed on to the tender and construction stages as soon as the architectural planning process is completed.

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five Year Plan / Capital Building Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12109/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The major building project for the proposed school amalgamation, referred to by the Deputy, is at an early stage of Architectural Planning. Following the Pre Stage 1 meeting, which was held in November 2014, the Boards of Management and their Design Team are working on finalising the stage 1 report for submission to my Department. Upon satisfactory completion of stage 1 and subject to no issues arising the project will be authorised to progress to Stage 2A, which is the developed sketch design stage.

It is intended that school building projects in architectural planning, including this project, will be progressed to final planning stages so that they will be well placed for consideration in the context of future construction programmes.