Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the construction of new school buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [6322/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The project referred to by the deputy has been devolved for delivery to Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB).

The project is currently at Stage 3 of the delivery process and following a Departmental review of the Tender Assessment Report, approval for Stage 4 construction will follow.

At this stage, it is not possible to provide a timeline for completion of the project; Donegal ETB will be engaging directly with school authorities to keep them informed of progress.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the construction of new school buildings at a school (details supplied). [6323/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The project referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage3 – Tender Action and Award. A tender process can take between 8-12 months to complete, subject to no issues arising.

My Department has a large pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme, including the project referred to by the Deputy. The main elements of this pipeline currently involve in excess of 1,300 school building projects for delivery under my Department’s Large Scale and Additional Accommodation Scheme. These projects are currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and construction.

My Department is currently assessing overall requirements for 2023 and associated work programme and will update individual schools of same in due course.