Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36176/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the building project to host the proposed amalgamation of the schools to which he refers is at an early stage of the architectural planning process. The Pre Stage 1 meeting was held in November 2014 and the Department requested that a number of points be addressed as part of the Stage 1 report. An Addendum to the Stage 1 report was furnished to the Department by the Board of Management and Design Team on the 18th August last and the project has now 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.

School building projects, including the project in question, which have not been included in the current five year construction programme, are being progressed to the final planning stages and are available to be considered in the context of the new 6 Year Construction Plan that I intend to announce in the coming weeks.