Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2013
219. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of prefab accommodation provided in primary and second level schools in Tallaght, Dublin 24 in the years 2011, 2012, 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19795/13]
View answerA list of the primary and post primary schools in Dublin city and county that have rented temporary accommodation is attached for the Deputy's attention. My Department does not hold information in the sub-county format as requested. Please note that one prefab unit may consist of one or more classrooms and/or ancillary accommodation.
Under the Prefab Replacement Initiative announced in March 2012 over 170 schools have been approved to replace their rented prefab accommodation with a permanent build. In excess of €42 million has been allocated for this initiative of which €22.3 million has been paid to date. A total of 126 projects have gone to construction and 22 of these have been completed. The rental savings achieved by the 22 completed projects are in the region of €350,000.00. These figures will be subject to change as further projects are completed. This initiative which will result in savings of approx €5m per annum on the rental of prefabs in these schools in the coming years.
In relation to the Dublin area a total of 21 schools were included under the Prefab Replacement Initiative 2012 and in excess of 4.4million has been allocated to these projects. Full details of these schools are available on my Department's website.
The table is available as attachment Q219.xls at the top of the web page.
