Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimate, by stage and estimated time, for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39190/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department’s 6-Year Construction Plan. My Department has identified a suitable permanent site for the location of the school. Conveyancing is at an advanced stage and should be completed shortly. When the site has been acquired, my Department will be in contact with the school Patron in the context of progressing the project into the architectural planning process.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average completion time for primary schools by stage, by school type and by county in each of the years 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39191/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in the format requested.  There were over 120 primary schools completed from 2011 to date in 2016 and it would not be possible to calculate the average completion times by stage for that number of projects in the time available to answer this question.

The timeline for delivery of a primary school project is dependent on the delivery method selected e.g. RAPID design and build does not follow traditional stages of architectural planning but generally progresses from design start to completion of construction within 18 -24 months. 

Projects which follow the traditional architectural planning model may be expected to complete design stages as follows:

Stage 1 – 3 to 6 months

Stage 2a – 4 to 7 months

Stage 2b – 5 to 10 months (add 5 months if a planning appeal arises)

Stage 3 – 5 to 6 months

Stage 4 - 12-24 months

Stage 5 – 12 to 18 months

However, these completion times are indicative only and can be expected to vary significantly from project to project depending on individual circumstances, including planning appeals, design issues, site issues and issues which can arise at tender and construction stages.