Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders have been invited for the completion of a campus (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of contractors from which tenders have been sought; the closing date for receipt of tenders for the project; when it is envisaged the successful contractor will be on site; if the completion date remains June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52379/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the project to which he refers is being delivered by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB).  Since the main contractor for the project went into liquidation earlier this year, KWETB and its Design Team have been working to prepare the project to tender the unfinished works.  It was also working with the bondsman for the project on a proposal to finish out the envelope of the building so as to weather the works already carried out.

I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that an acceptable agreement has been reached with the bondsman to allow the weathering works to be done and my Department has given its approval to the ETB to proceed with this arrangement.   A builder is currently on site carrying out those works.  

In the meantime, the remainder of the finish-out works are on track to be tendered to pre-qualified contractors shortly.