Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1040. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for planning, tender, commencement and completion. [30471/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The permanent building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction.

An application for planning permission for a 1,000 pupil post-primary school building, including a 4 classroom Special Educational Needs Unit, was submitted to the relevant Local Authority in June 2021. A Request for Further Information (RFI) was received on 27th July 2021 and the response submitted to the local authority on 7th December 2021. A Clarification of Further Information was received from the Local Authority on 12th January 2022 with the response submitted to the local authority on 24^thJanuary 2022.

The Grant of Planning decision was received from the Local Authority on 24^thFebruary 2022.

The next step in the progression of this project is the preparation of tender documentation. Once this stage is complete, the project will then proceed to tender stage.