Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
382 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will issue tender authorisation to Bridgetown Vocational College, Bridgetown, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11562/04]
View answerThe large scale building project for Bridgetown Vocational College, Bridgetown, County Wexford is listed in section 8 of the 2004 school building programme which is published on my Department's website at www.education.ie. This project is at stage 4-5 — detail design-bills of quantities — of architectural planning. It has been assigned a band 2 rating by my Department in accordance with the published criteria for prioritising large scale projects.
Indicative time scales have been included for large scale projects proceeding to tender in 2004. The budget announcement regarding multi-annual capital envelopes will enable me to adopt a multi-annual framework for the school building programme which in turn will give greater clarity regarding projects that are not progressing to tender in this year's programme including Bridgetown Vocational College. I will make a further announcement in that regard during the year.
