Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) following a grant of planning permission in 2020. [15821/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured.

The Stage 2(b) report has been submitted to my Department for review. In order to expedite progress, the design team has recently been authorised to commence the pre-qualification process to select a short-list of contractors in parallel with the review of the Stage 2(b) report.

Upon review of the Stage 2(b) report and completion of the pre-qualification process and subject to no issues arising, my Department will be in contact with the Design Team and school with regard to the further progression of this project to the next stage of architectural planning - Stage 3 (Tender Stage).

A tender stage normally takes between 7 and 8 months to complete.