Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33650/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The site to which the Deputy refers will provide for a campus development of a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs for the school referred to by the Deputy. 

The permanent school building project for the schools has been assigned to my Department’s Design & Build delivery programme.  This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. 

A pre-planning meeting with the Planning Department of the local authority was held to discuss the design proposals for the permanent school building project.  These discussions will inform the plans for developing the planning application documentation. 

The next key milestone for the project will be the submission of the planning application. It is not possible to provide a timeframe for the progression of the project to tender and construction stages until such time as the necessary statutory approvals have been secured.

The primary school is to remain in its current interim location until July 2023.  My Department will continue to address the interim accommodation requirements for the schools and will continue to keep the patron body and the school community updated as the project progresses.