Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed extension project for a school (details supplied) will include provision for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27670/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy includes the provision of a 4 classroom SEN base. This project is in the process of being devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB).

The first step in this process is the execution of a Service Level Agreement between my Department and the ETB.  Thereafter, the ETB will procure 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.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27677/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The project at the school referred to by the Deputy has been re-tendered and the tenders are due back in the middle of October.

Subject to no issues arising during the balance of the tender process it is envisaged that the project will commence on site late in Quarter 4 of 2020 or early Quarter 1 of 2021 with a construction period of approximately 6 months.