Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 18 September 2018, if the engineering consultants have been appointed; when planning permission will be sought for the State data centre; when tenders will be sought for construction; when construction will commence; the estimated construction time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The civil and structural engineers for the project have been appointed following a public procurement process. The mechanical and electrical engineering service is being provided by in-house staff in the OPW. The Planning Application will be lodged in the coming week. The current programme is that tenders will be issued in Quarter 2 and construction to begin in Quarter 4, 2019. This will be reviewed and is likely to be revised. Currently the time for construction is estimated at proximately 12 months.