Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Education and Skills
School Accommodation
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46328/24]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide four mainstream classrooms, eight SET rooms and a four classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority.
Following the Stage 1 meeting with the Department in January 2023, the project was sanctioned to proceed to Stage 2a (developed design). A Stage 2a report was received in Q4 of 2023 which was reviewed by Departments officials from both a technical and cost perspective in accordance with the requirements of Public Spending Code. A subsequent meeting between Department officials and the design team took place in July 2024 to address issues which arose with the initial Stage 2a submission.
As a result of this meeting, a revised Stage 2a report had been requested by my Department. Officials in my department have been in contact with the school authority recently and were advised that the submission of the revised Stage 2a report is expected in January 2025.
Once the revised Stage 2a report submission is received and approved by my department, the next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory planning approvals and move the project onward to tender and construction in due course.
My department will continue to engage with the school authority to provide practical advice and assistance on the project.
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