Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual total capital expenditure on new primary and post-primary school accommodation projects in County Clare from 2011 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8186/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on the good progress being made on adding capacity to cater for demographic changes and provision for children with special educational needs. This investment will also facilitate an increased focus on the modernisation of existing school stock and help transition the school system for an era of net zero carbon by 2050.

During 2022, 180 school building projects were delivered and a further 300 continued in construction at the start of 2023 - most of which will be completed in 2023. There was also accelerated delivery of modular accommodation to facilitate additional capacity in special classes and special schools to cater for over 900 children with additional needs. In addition, there was necessary refurbishment and maintenance in nearly 1,000 schools under the Multi-annual Summer Works Scheme and the Emergency Works Scheme.

We continue to have a strong pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme involving circa 300 projects at construction and in excess of 1,000 projects at the various stages of appraisal and design.

The current status of all projects are listed on a county by county basis at www.gov.ie. and is updated on a regular basis to reflect their progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction.

The table below shows total capital expenditure on new primary and post-primary school accommodation projects in County Clare from 2011 to 2023. This table does not include expenditure on large scale extensions, projects delivered under the Additional Accommodation Scheme or other Capital schemes.