Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the site is now in the ownership of his Department; and when construction will commence. [20173/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2b (Detailed Design), which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured.

My Department recently completed the review of the Stage 2b submission for this project and comments have issued. Each member of the design team has been requested to submit written confirmations that they have completed a final review and are satisfied that the tender documentation is fully compliant with the Department's Technical Guidance Documents, Building Control (Amendment) regulations and new Public Works Contract (PWC) tender documentation requirements.

Upon receipt of the requested confirmations and providing no other issues arise it is currently projected that this project will then be authorised to complete pre-qualification of contractors. Pre-qualification normally takes between 8 and 12 weeks to complete.

Regarding the site, my Department is currently progressing the conveyancing process in consultation with the Chief State Solicitor’s Office.

At this point it is not anticipated that the completion of conveyancing will impact upon the timelines for the delivery of the building project.