Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 October 2014
169. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for an extension; the timeframe for completion of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38408/14]
View answerThe Department of Education and Skills, through the services of a Department based Architect, has secured planning permission for the school building project referred to by the Deputy. A tender exercise to appoint the remaining members of a design team is expected to commence shortly. Once appointed, the full design team will progress the project through the remaining stages of architectural planning including the completion of the design and the preparation of tender documents.
Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic requirements it was not possible to include this project in the 5 year construction programme announced in March 2012.School building projects, including the project for this school, which have been initiated but not included in the current five year construction programme will continue to be progressed to final planning stages in anticipation of the possibility of further funds being available to my Department in the future.
