Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 and 251 of 19 February 2019, the status of progress on the delivery of a new campus for a school (details supplied); when building will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, a new school building for the school to which the Deputy refers is included is included in my Department's  School Building Programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan.  Officials in my Department are currently finalising a brief of the school.  The purchase of a prefab was recently approved by my  Department to cater for the school's immediate needs.

In order to facilitate the project, the acquisition of a school site is necessary.  In this regard, agreement in principle has recently been reached with the landowner, following technical consideration and the legal conveyancing process has recently commenced.  The planning for the new school can run simultaeously with the conveyancing process for the site.