Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 September 2007
812 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 26 June 2007, the status of the application; when she will approve funding for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20904/07]
View answerI am pleased to inform the Deputy that the process of engaging a Design Team for the building project at the school in question is underway. An advertisement seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified consultants was published on the public procurement portal, www.etenders.gov.ie, on Monday 24 September on behalf of the Board of Management who, as Client, will oversee the competition. In the meantime, the Department's Technical Division, which is taking on the role of Architect for the project, has already begun work on the early design phase of the project.
Progression of all projects to tender and construction will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
