Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
1794 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that no appeal was lodged with An Bord Pleanála regarding the granting of planning permission for the new school (details supplied) in County Kildare and the commitments to fast track the construction of the school, he will sanction the capital funding to enable construction of the new school to commence in 2008. [31242/08]
View answerPlanning permission has been granted for the building project at the school in question. The Department is currently awaiting submission of the stage 2b (detailed design) documentation from the Project Design Team. When this is received it will be examined by the Department's Technical Section. The progression of this and all large scale capital building projects in the Department will be considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. I am not in a position to say at this stage when construction is likely to commence on the project.
1795 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the appointment of a design team for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [31250/08]
View answerThe proposed project at this school has a band rating of 1.1, the highest priority that the Department assigns to major capital projects. The first stage in the process is the appointment of a Design Team and this will be considered in the context of the Department's Multi-Annual School Building and Modernisation Programme and is subject to the availability of capital resources.
