asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a contractor nominated by the Office of Public Works has failed to satisfactorily complete a building contract in respect of an extension to St. Matthew's national school, Cranfield Place, Dublin 4; despite repeated requests from the management of the school to her Department and the Office of Public Works to have these works completed, no satisfactory response has been obtained by her Department from the Office of Public Works to compel the contractor to finish the work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Dublin School Building Contract.
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I accept that the performance of the contractor whose tender for the building of an extension to St. Matthew's national school, Cranfield Place, Dublin 4, was accepted by the Office of Public Works was not entirely satisfactory.
The position is that the contract was in January 1986 brought to virtual completion and the extension has been occupied by the school for some time now. Certain items still remain to be attended to, as for example the provision of a folding partition and the provision of ball-court equipment. My Department are taking all necessary steps to having the outstanding work completed in accordance with the contract.
A feature which has been of some concern to the school, as indeed it is to my Department, is the condition of a party wall, and the question of its reinstatement or replacement has been taken up with the adjoining owners. The resolution of this matter is not wholly in the hands of my Department. Pending the resolution of the problem, however, the area adjoining the wall has been fenced off.