James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received recent correspondence dated April 2016 from the local management of Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth Community College and Maynooth Post Primary School regarding their concerns over the current school site (details supplied); if she accepts the urgency of the situation and that the commencement of this building project is a priority; the status of the tender process, including the timeframes associated with it; if she will authorise an early start to the building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9283/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I can confirm that correspondence from the Maynooth Education Campus PTA has been received in my Department in relation to the proposed new post-primary school campus for Maynooth.

As the Deputy may be aware, the project in question has been devolved for delivery to the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The project has been tendered by the KWETB and an assessment of the Tender Report is at an advanced stage in the Department. In this regard, the Department recently sought clarifications from KWETB on aspects of the Tender Report and these are awaited. When these have been received and evaluated my Department will be in direct contact with KWETB with regard to the next steps for the project.

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of the building of a general purpose hall for a school (details supplied). [9284/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that in 2006, the school in question was granted funding by my Department to construct a classroom and general purpose room and that the project was completed in 2008.

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced in a school (details supplied) including a lack of library facilities, no general purpose meeting room, children being dispersed across a number of locations and a lack of security; if she accepts the urgency of the situation and that the commencement of the building of the new school at this location is a priority; if she will progress it immediately, as soon as planning permission has been secured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9285/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy, is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2b Detailed Design, which includes obtaining the necessary statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents.

A planning application was lodged in October 2015 and the Design Team are currently preparing the necessary information to the Local Authority regarding a Request for Further Information by the Local Authority.

This project is included in the 5 year construction programme to proceed to tender and construction. The design team will submit the stage 2(b) report to my Department when it is completed and my Department will revert to the school with regard to the further progression of the project following consideration of that report.