Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work on the new school buildings for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process.

The school was authorised to issue a Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer on 14th March 2017. The completed supplementary tender report from the school and its design team will be submitted to my Department in the coming weeks and following its review and subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in the third quarter of 2017. The project is scheduled to take 25 months to complete.

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of the school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The project to which the Deputy refers was authorised to proceed to tender in October 2016.

The Design Team is currently finalising a shortlist of contractors who will be invited to tender for the project.

Subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction could commence in the summer of 2017 and the project is scheduled to take approximately 18 months to complete.