School Accommodation Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2015

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Questions (509)

Niall Collins

Question:

509. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the replacement of 58 prefabrications by a school building in Croom in County Limerick, the cost to her Department and to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Boards for the purchase of the site in 2009, and the moneys her Department and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board have paid to consultants in relation to all planning applications for the site, to date. [43890/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The delivery of a new school building in Croom has been devolved to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) under a Service Level Agreement. Full planning permission was granted by Limerick County Council in April 2014 but was subsequently refused following an appeal to An Bord Pleanála. LCETB are working closely with the Local Authority with a view to submitting a new planning application shortly. The purchase price of the 22 acre site was €2.087m and in addition, the total costs incurred to date for the complete design of the school up to and including approved Stage 2a inclusive of professional fees, site surveys, statutory fees, specialist reports, and planning applications is €416,688.00.