Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the pre-qualification report in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); if so, if it has been approved; when tenders will be invited for the project from the shortlist of contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1331/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2b - Detailed Design.

The pre-qualification process to select a shortlist of suitable contractors is now complete and the Design Team is currently completing work to ensure the new school building is NZEB compliant.

Once this work is complete the Department will be in contact with the Board of Management with a view to progressing the project to tender stage.

A tender stage normally takes between 7 and 8 months to complete.

Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification process for a school (details supplied) has been concluded; if so, if tenders have been invited for the project from the shortlist of contractors; if so, the closing date for receipt of tenders; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1332/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design which includes the application for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured.

The outcome of the pre-qualification process has been notified to contractors who expressed interest in tendering for this project. Feedback and issues arising from same are currently being dealt with by the school and its Design Team. When this process has concluded the project will then be progressed to tender stage.

A tender stage normally takes between 7 and 8 months to complete.

Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification report for a school (details supplied) has been received; if the report has been approved; if tenders have been invited from the shortlist of contractors; if so, the closing date for receipt of tenders for the project; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1333/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB).

The pre-qualification process for the project has now been completed by KWETB. Approval has been given for KWETB to proceed to issue tender documents to the shortlisted contractors in that respect. These can be expected to issue before the end of this quarter.

At this point, it is not possible to provide an accurate timeline either for completion of the tender process or for completion of any later stages of the project.