School Accommodation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Questions (337)

Gerry Adams

Question:

331 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of the temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); the amount of additional money required to be spent on maintaining the school in temporary accommodation between now and 2015-16; if he will consider fast-tracking the building of permanent school buildings for the school to save on the money that will otherwise need to be spent maintaining the school in temporary accommodation [18450/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

I wish to advise the Deputy that the temporary accommodation in which the school is located is owned by my Department and is located on a site also in my Department's ownership. The question of an annual cost in maintaining the school in this accommodation does not therefore arise. For the same reason, there is no additional cost associated with maintaining the school in this temporary accommodation between now and 2015-16. As the Deputy is aware, last month, I announced details of the new major school building projects where construction is expected to commence over the next five years as part of a €1.5 billion major school project capital investment programme and I am pleased to confirm that the school concerned was included in that announcement to commence construction in 2015-16. My Department will be in communication with the school in relation to the next steps to be taken, at the appropriate time, as the project progresses through the various stages of the architectural planning process.

Question No. 332 answered with Question No. 293.