Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 30 June 2020, if a school extension (details supplied) will be built in time for the 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15908/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the project to which she refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects.

The NDFA is currently undertaking the second phase of the process of appointment of multi-disciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects. Thereafter, it will ensure that the project progresses to design stage, obtains the necessary statutory planning permission, and moves the project onward to tender and construction in due course. As the project is at an early stage in the delivery process, it is not possible at this time to give a date for its completion but it will not be completed for the start of the 2020/2021 school year.