Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 October 2018
63. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); the progress made to date in delivering a new school building for the Gaelscoil; the timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42108/18]
View answerThe major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 1 of the Architectural Planning Process.
Stage 1 is the Preliminary Design Stage where the Design Team will analyse all the constraints of the site, develop a preferred design option and cost plan. A Stakeholders meeting was held last week where the design proposals were presented. Feedback was provided at that meeting and the Design Team was asked to revert with an Addendum Report in the coming weeks.
Upon satisfactory completion of Stage 1 my Department will be in a position to authorise the project to progress to the next stage of Architectural Planning which includes detailed design obtaining statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents.
This project is included in the 6 year construction programme and is scheduled to go to construction 2019 - 2021.
