Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 9 April 2019, if there is a deadline for the school build completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18955/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, a building project to deliver permanent accommodation for Edmund Rice College is included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme. 

The school will be delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme.  Until such a time as planning permission has being applied for and  granted a definitive date for completion of the project cannot be provided.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I wish to confirm to the Deputy that an application from the school in question was submitted to my Department recently.

The National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme.  This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand and also provides for an additional focus on the refurbishment of existing school buildings to include the building and modernisation of PE facilities in schools.

The immediate priority of my Department is providing 20,000 new and replacement school places each year, to ensure that every child has a school place. The focus in the medium will be on the provision of PE halls in post-primary schools.