Written answers

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Building Projects Status

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49135/19]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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A major school building project to provide new accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy has recently been authorized to proceed to tender for the appointment of a Main Contractor and Reserved Specialists. The closing date for receipt of the completed tender for the Main Contractor is the end of December 2019.

Subject to no issues arising during the tender process, it is anticipated that the project will progress to site by early third quarter of 2020 with a construction period of approximately 24 months.

Photo of Pat CaseyPat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49139/19]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB).

Under this arrangement, I can confirm that the ETB has appointed a design team for the project to design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning permissions, and move the project onward to construction in due course.

As the project has not yet commenced architectural planning, it is too early in the process to provide a timeline for completion of the works. 

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