Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary school for the Donabate peninsula, County Dublin (details supplied); if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out to justify the extra expense in building the school on private lands as opposed to public lands; the policy in respect of constructing schools on privately-owned lands when there is suitable publicly-owned lands available in the same area; the timeline for delivery of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51172/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, agreement in principle has been reached with a landowner and a legal conveyancing process is currently underway in respect of the transfer of ownership of the selected site to The Minister. The site selection process undertook to examine all potential sites available, with particular consideration initially given to State-owned property, in line with protocols for the use of State-owned property assets.

The selected site in Corballis has been determined following detailed technical examination, also with the assistance and input of Fingal County Council. A key aspect of the consideration is deliverability, including the provision of the required infrastructure, and the Corballis site was significantly more advanced in that respect than other, State-owned, sites in the area. Furthermore, as you will be aware, the Donabate Distributor Road project anticipates 1200 housing units to be delivered in the short-term, which will be specifically in the Corballis area. It is significantly on that basis that the Department considered the site at this location - to meet the school place requirements expected to materialise from the planned housing.

Please rest assured that the Department's site selection protocols are thorough and that all appropriate considerations have been given to this project.

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school buildings being built at a school (details suppled). [51179/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in the Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan.

This project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured and the Design Team has recently submitted a Brief Change Request to my Department for review.

When the Brief Change Request has been reviewed the Design Team will proceed to incorporate the approved changes into the Stage 2(b) tender documentation.

Upon completion, receipt and review of the Stage 2(b) submission the Department will revert to the school with regard to the further progression of the project.