Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact on tenders for school building capital projects the rise in construction costs will have. [42814/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a large-scale and ambitious roll-out of school building projects as part of Project Ireland 2040.

The current position on all these projects is set out on the Gov.ie website and is updated on a monthly basis to reflect progress on project rollout. 

There are currently over 200 school building projects at construction with a continuous stream of other projects at or near the tendering stage. 

My Department is aware of the challenging market conditions for tender processes that are currently underway.

My Department works within the parameters set by the Office of Government Procurement and principles of public procurement set out at both national and EU level.

Once contracts are awarded, any variations to the contract sum are addressed within the standard provisions of the Public Works Contracts.