Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The project for the school referred to by the Deputy, will comprise of a new two storey 8 classroom primary school at the existing site.

A Design Team was appointed in June 2017 and the project commenced Stage 1 of the Architectural Planning Process.  Stage 1 is the Preliminary Design Stage where the Design Team in conjunction with the school authorities will analyse all the constraints of the site, develop a preferred design option and ensure that this is the best option for the delivery of the brief.

Once the Stage 1 submission has been received and reviewed by my Department a meeting will be arranged with the school authorities and the Design Team to review and progress the design proposals.

The project will be progressed through the normal stages of architectural planning and it will be a matter for the school and its design team to expedite the progression of the design through those stages.