John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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902. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the two modular classrooms granted in May 2023 for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that construction on site was due to commence on 7 July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46185/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The school to which the deputy refers has been granted capital funding for the provision of two mainstream classrooms under my Department’s SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme.

This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help ease the administrative workload for school authorities in relation to the management and delivery of projects.

Kerrigan Sheanon Newman Project Management (KSN) has been appointed, from my Department’s Framework to design and tender the project and oversee all elements of construction.

As part of the delivery of this project, the Main Contractor was required to write and request approval to commence works on stie through the Ministerial Consent process. The Ministerial Consent Application was submitted by the contractor on the 1st of August 2025. This process can take between 6 to 10 weeks to complete. KSNPM have written to the Department of Housing for assistance on expediating the required license in order to commence site works at this school as soon as possible. On receipt of this license, the main contractor will then be in a position to mobilise to site.

My department is fully aware of the urgency in respect of this accommodation and will be working closely with the project managers and the school authority to keep it updated on overall project delivery and timelines.