John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent school building for a secondary school (details supplied); the stage that the tender is at; the estimated timeframe for the new school building from construction to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58879/22]

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

The Grant of Planning decision was received in April 2022. It is intended that the project will be included in the next bundle of projects to proceed to tender before the end of this year and will be tendered to the Department’s Design & Build Contractors Framework.

The tender process normally takes approximately 8-10 months. Once a Contractor has been appointed, the construction of a new 1,000 pupil post primary school on the Design & Build programme takes approximately 70 weeks.

My Department will continue to liaise with the school and its patron body in relation to any interim accommodation requirements pending delivery of the permanent accommodation.