Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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A building project for St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal is included in my Department’s current 6 year Construction Programme.

It is proposed to develop this school to a 1,000 pupil school and to provide a significant amount of new accommodation, 7,460m² approx., in additional floor area. The existing retained accommodation, 2,720m² approx., will be upgraded, in a practical manner, to match the new accommodation.

The project will be delivered via the ADAPT programme which is an innovative delivery programme first introduced by my Department in 2016. It 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 this month. Once the framework has been established a tender exercise will be carried out to appoint a Project Manager for all projects under the ADAPT programme, including this project. In parallel with the appointment of a Project Manager, a Design Team will also be appointed to bring this school project through the Architectural Planning Process.