Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Department of Education and Skills
Schools Building Projects
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/23]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs.
This project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender issued on the 18thApril 2023, as part of a bundle of projects 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.
My Department will continue to liaise with the school and its Patron body in relation to interim accommodation requirements pending the delivery of the permanent school building.
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