Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
652. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be going to tender as the project is urgent and all design is complete and approved by her Department and the necessary planning permission is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29681/15]
View answerThe major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2b (Detailed Design) which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The Stage 2b submission has been reviewed by my Department and the Design Team have been requested to submit final confirmations that they are satisfied that the Tender Documents are complete, correct and in compliance with the requirements of the Departments Guidelines and the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations (BC(A)R) 2014. However, 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.
