Written answers

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Building Projects Status

Photo of Brendan  RyanBrendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a contract has been awarded for the supply of temporary prefabricated accommodation for ten new start-up schools which are due to open in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12711/19]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the Department's Project Manager has tendered for the supply of temporary accommodation for 10 new start-up schools for September 2019. The Letter of Acceptance has issued to the chosen accommodation providers.

Photo of Brendan  RyanBrendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a manager has been secured for the ADAPT programme; if so, when they will contact a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to progress its building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12712/19]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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A building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme.

A project brief has been finalised and the project will be delivered via the ADAPT programme. The ADAPT programme 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 shortly. Tenders have been returned and are currently being evaluated. Once established, this framework will be used to appoint a Project Manager for the ADAPT programme, following a further tender exercise specific to ADAPT.

Whilst the Department must adhere to the Public Procurement rules for the appointment of consultant Design Teams the Building Unit will expedite this process in so far as possible.

My Department wrote to the school on March 19th to provide an update on the status of this project.

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