Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that will be forced to fundraise for an adequate school hall in its new school building. [49676/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's school building programme for the construction of a new permanent school building, including accommodation for pupils with special education needs and a General Purpose (GP) Room, on a greenfield site.

The project is being delivered through the ADAPT (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering) programme.

The ADAPT programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning, to Tender and Construction.

The Management Authority of the school recently wrote to my Department seeking an increase in the size of the GP Room. On foot of the correspondence, my Department explained that the GP Room being provided is consistent with that provided in primary schools of a similar size. It was also indicated to the school authority that should it wish to explore the provision of a larger GP Room that the additional costs would be borne by the school authority. The Project Manager has also clarified the position to the school authority.