Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will be finalised in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20173/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Chief State Solicitors Office, on behalf of my Department, has been engaging with the property owners’ legal representative on the draft lease for some time and the vast majority of the clauses in the draft lease are agreed.

My Department has also engaged directly with the property owners’ legal representative with a view to facilitating agreement on the small few outstanding terms of the draft lease.

To address the outstanding terms of the draft lease my Department arranged for a schedule of condition report on the existing building from the school’s architect.  This report was received and there was subsequent engagement with the school patron on the property. 

My Department is liaising with the Chief State Solicitors Office to progress the final outstanding clauses in the lease. It is expected that this matter will be finalised in the short term.