Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 May 2018
90. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school (details supplied); the actions his Department is taking to ensure its completion for the school year 2018/2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21770/18]
View answerThe contract for the project to which the Deputy refers was terminated on 8 May last by the contracting authority which is the local Education and Training Board.
The Design Team is currently preparing schedules of work to complete the project which will require to be tendered when available. Finishing out the project is being given the highest priority in the Department and by the ETB and its Design Teams.
In this regard, the Department has asked the ETB for a critical time path for the completion and both the ETB and the Department will be considering how each stage in that critical path can be delivered as quickly as possible.
