Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 19 October 2022, if she will request her Department to contact the consultants (details supplied) who are acting on this school's behalf given that members of the Board of Management of the school cannot advance the additional school accommodation application at this time due to the fact that the consultants are still waiting for a response from her Department regarding the proposed template for stage 1 reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53617/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021 to provide one mainstream classroom with en-suite toilets, one assisted user WC and one SET Room.

This project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and is currently at the Design stage. It is now a matter for the Board of Management to advance this project in that context. Department officials met with the appointed consultant for this project in July 2022. When the consultant has finalised the relevant stage report in respect of this project, it should be submitted to the Department via the school, as is the normal process for all projects under the ASA Scheme.

In order to assist this particular consultant through the Stage 1 process, the Department will be issuing some commentary in terms of the best way to complete a Stage 1 Report. It is envisaged that this guidance will issue to the consultant in the coming days.