Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2015
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given to the technical reports on the two existing primary schools in Monasterevin in County Kildare, and the demographic changes in the town and surrounding area, in the context of primary school buildings. [15320/15]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that the building project to host the proposed amalgamation of the two schools in Monasterevin is at an early stage of the architectural planning process. Following the Pre Stage 1 meeting held last November, both Boards of Management and their Design Team are working on finalising the Stage 1 report for submission to my Department. These reports have not yet been received in my Department.
Upon satisfactory completion of Stage 1 and subject to no issues arising, the project will then be authorised to progress to Stage 2(a), which is the developed sketch design stage.
It is intended that school building projects in architectural planning, including this project, will be progressed to final planning stages so that they will be well placed for consideration in the context of future construction programmes.
