Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
823. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29106/15]
View answerThe Major Building Project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The school's Design Team are currently working on Stage 2b - Detailed Design, which involves obtaining planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. A Brief Change Request Submission was recently received by my Department from the school and their Design Team and is currently under review. My Department will revert to the school and Design Team once the review is completed. It is not possible to progress all projects within my Department's building programme to construction concurrently, due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget. However, school building projects, including this project, which have not been included in the five year construction programme but which have been previously initiated, 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.
