Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed special school for County Louth that will merge schools (details supplied); the reason for the significant delays in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1080/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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A building project which involves 2 new replacement school buildings on a single campus greenfield site for the schools referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme.

A project brief was finalised in late December and the project will be delivered via the ADAPT programme. The ADAPT programme uses a professional external Project Manager to coordinate and drive the respective design teams on each project.

In this regard, a tender competition is in train to establish a Project Manager framework which is expected to be in place by early March. The formulation of tender documentation is underway and once the framework has been established a tender exercise will be carried out to appoint a Project Manager for this particular project.

All schools with projects on the ADAPT programme will be contacted shortly by my Department to provide an update on the status of their respective project. I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is committed to providing a new school building for the school in question.

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the major building project for a school (details supplied); the specific details in terms of target dates of commencement and completion; the details of the temporary accommodation that will be provided during the construction phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1081/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The Board of Management were recently authorised to issue the Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer. Subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in the first quarter of 2019.

With regards temporary accommodation to be provided on site by the contractor during the construction phase, this will be configured in two blocks and will provide for: 8 general classrooms, 4 SET rooms, 2 offices, 2 toilets and 1 shower.