Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 4 Apr 2001

Vol. 534 No. 1

Written Answers. - Institutes of Technology.

Róisín Shortall

Question:

206 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of building projects costing in excess of £5 million approved by his Department for Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology; the date when each project was initially approved; and the status of each project. [10077/01]

Minister for Education and Science (Dr. Woods)

The construction costs of two projects, at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and the Waterford Institute of Technology, exceed £5 million, 6,348,690. Details of these projects are as follows:

	Initial Approval	Current Status	ContractCost(IR£)	Contract Cost ()
Galway Mayo Institute ofTechnology	10 June 1997	This project commenced construction on 6 February 2001	16,053,180.31	20,383,334.31
Waterford Institute ofTechnology	26 January 1993	This project is practically complete and the building is in use.	6,888,775.64	8,746,940.70

There are a number of other projects at early stages of architectural planning in both institutes. It is not open to me to give the Deputy estimated costs for these projects at this time as to do so may compromise tenders at a later stage.