Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tender for a school project (details supplied) in County Cork. [1138/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme.

I am pleased to advise the Deputy that planning permission has been secured for the campus project.

My Department is currently in the process of establishing a Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects can be tendered. Once this framework is established, it is intended that this project will be tendered as soon as possible thereafter.

In the interim, my Department and its Project Management team are liaising with a third party developer to establish a joint programme for the construction of the required road network to service the site. This is a condition of the planning permission and both my Department and the third party developer will be liaising with Cork County Council over the coming months with regard to satisfying those planning conditions. It is envisaged that the construction of the required roads and the construction of the schools will be progressed in tandem.

The school authorities will be kept informed as the project progresses.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tender for a school project (details supplied) in County Cork. [1139/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build (D and B) Programme which tenders to pre-established frameworks of D and B contractors.

My Department is currently in the process of establishing a Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects can be tendered. Once this framework is established, it is intended that this project will be tendered as soon as possible thereafter.

Until such time as the framework is established, a definitive timeline for tender is not available.