Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if background checks are carried out on contractors and consultants in relation to the school remediation works currently being conducted by companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21496/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department’s approach in relation to the Schools Remediation Programme is based on a multi-disciplinary Design Team and Contractor of the appropriate scale to undertake the design and implementation of necessary remediation works within a very short timeframe.  

The Department considers that the companies appointed to undertake the works have the required scale and capacity and this was the focus of any background checks referenced by the Deputy.

Good progress has been made on the Schools Remediation Programme since it was established in Q4 2018 and this has facilitated the removal of the precautionary measures that had been put in place in October 2018 in 22 schools.