Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Building Projects

Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a project (details supplied); the deadline for the scheme; the criteria for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15456/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, for additional accommodation, from the school referred to by the Deputy.  Officials from the Department are communicating with the school authority in this regard and the application is currently under assessment.  As soon as the assessment process is complete a decision will issue to the school authority directly.

Photo of Emer HigginsEmer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials and contractors employed by her Department will contact a school (details supplied) in advance of entering the building and carrying out works on the building; if they will start to comply with the school policy on Covid-19 including the wearing of face masks, one-way systems, sanitiser and timed arrivals; if the school will be returned to the condition it was in before works started 20 months ago; if carpets will be replaced after works, vents and wiring have damaged them; if her officials and the contractors will commit to meeting with the school management to resolve each of these matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15461/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department are currently working with the Patron, the School and Design Teams involved in the school referred to by the Deputy, to identify the issues outstanding from the essential first phase fire remediation and external wall structural remediation works which are nearing completion.

Once this list of issues has been reviewed by the design team, a meeting will be arranged with the Patron and the School to discuss the issues identified.

Guidance and protocols have been published to enable contractors meet the public health requirements since the re-opening of construction sites. 

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