Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the rebuild of a school (details supplied); the stage at which it is at; the timetable of construction; when groundworks will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39279/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The project to which the Deputy refers was tendered recently and my Department is currently awaiting the tender report. Subject to no issues arising it is envisaged construction will commence in the first quarter of 2017 and take approximately 28 months to complete.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the rebuild of a school (details supplied); the stage at which it is at; the timetable of construction; when groundworks will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39280/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. All statutory approvals have been secured and the Stage 2b submission has been approved by my Department.

However, following the appointment of a replacement Mechanical & Electrical Engineer the Design Team, in association with the newly appointed Engineer are working on a revised M&E report, which will be submitted to my Department for review.

Also arising from significant changes to the Public Works Contract (PWC) introduced earlier this year, the Board of Management and their Design Team have been advised of the need to carry out further work in relation to the tender documents to bring them into line with those changes.

When this work is complete and the M & E report reviewed and subject to no further issues arising my Department will revert to the Board of Management with regard to the further progression of the project at that time. 

This project was included in the 6 Year Programme announced on 17th November 2015 to progress to tender and construction. 

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had discussion with Fingal County Council regarding the location of the new second level school for the Carpenterstown and Castleknock school planning area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39285/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, a building project for the new post primary school to serve Carpenterstown/Castleknock was included in the 6 year construction programme that was announced last November.

Officials in my Department  are liaising with officials in Fingal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable location for the school.

Due to commercial sensitivities relating to site acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further details at this time.