Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of replacing 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% of all prefabricated school classrooms with buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, it is my intention to replace all purchased prefabs with permanent accommodation over the lifetime of my Department's capital programme 2016-2021.

To enable this development, my Department will be carrying out an assessment of the number of prefabs being used in schools to deliver the curriculum and to determine whether or not individual prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long-term accommodation needs of each school involved from a demographic viewpoint. When completed, this assessment will quantify the number of prefabs to be replaced. At that time, a cost estimate will be possible taking into account that the outlay for replacing a prefab with a permanent building will vary from school to school depending on site conditions, planning conditions and other site specific costs.