Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider appointing a liaison from the buildings department to assist the principals in the building of new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10020/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a strong track record of delivery of school building projects and this was achieved again in 2022 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues.

There were circa. 180 school building projects delivered during 2022 and a further 273 school building projects remained under construction at the start of 2023 - most of which will be completed this year.

In the case of large scale capital projects for new schools, my Department typically funds the provision of project managers and/or building officers as appropriate to the delivery mechanism combined with clerks of works in order to assist with the delivery of these projects.