Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of representations she received from parents on a school building project (details supplied). [13305/21]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied). [13306/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 539 together.

The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and planning permission has been secured for the campus project. The information in relation to the number of representations received in relation to the project is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy.

The decision to grant planning permission by the Local Authority was subject to 57 conditions primarily related to the specification and construction of a significant road network which is essential to access the school site and which will be built by a third party developer.

My Department, through its Project Managers and their Design Team, continues to work closely with the developer and the Local Authority in relation to the necessary planning compliance documentation for both the schools and the roads. Following agreement with the local authority on compliance matters, it is the developer’s intention to commence the roads construction by end of Quarter 1 2021.

My Department is currently in the process of establishing a Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects, including the project referred to by the Deputy, can be tendered. That Framework is expected to be in place by the end of Quarter 1 2021. My Department’s intention is to have the project referred to by the Deputy tendered as early as possible thereafter.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied). [13307/21]

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 Programme.

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. The tender process commenced on the 4th December 2019. The second stage of the tender process which involves the detailed tender for several schools is expected to be concluded in Quarter 1 2021. It is anticipated that the project for the school referred to by the Deputy will proceed to tender thereafter.