Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site selection process for the new three-school campus for Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will prioritise resources in his Department to fast-track the design, planning, tendering and construction stages in acknowledgement of the 11 years that it has taken to get to this first stage of the process. [34163/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware the Buncrana school campus project is included in the 6 year construction programme announced last November, and is listed to proceed to tender and construction in 2019-21.

Officials from my Department continue to liaise with officials from Donegal County Council in relation to the advancement of a preferred site option . Once a suitable site has been acquired my Department will be in a position to progress the project concerned into the architectural planning process.