Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be open for students at the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the school referred to by the Deputy issued to the preferred tenderer on the 31st May 2022 commencing the school building contract.

Works are progressing well on site and the school building is due for completion in Q4 2023.

My Department has been liaising with the patron body of the school referred to by the Deputy in relation to interim accommodation requirements and will remain in its current interim accommodation for the commencement of the 23/24 school year pending completion of the permanent accommodation for the school in Q4 2023.

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered by my Department’s Design and Build programme which uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction.

The project proceeded to tender on 18th April 2023 as part of a bundle of projects which issued to a Framework of Design & Build Contractors.

The tender process currently takes approximately 8-10 months. Once a Contractor has been appointed, it is anticipated that construction would commence shortly thereafter.

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeframe for the tendering process for a school (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Large scale capital project referred to by the Deputy is at Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. A Tender process generally takes 8 to 12 months to complete.

A new planning application was submitted in March 2023 and will progress in tandem with the tender process.