Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020
237. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the works to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in addition to the associated refurbishment works commence as a matter of urgent priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/20]
View answerThe building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in My Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan.
This project is one of the school building projects on my Department’s ADAPT 2 Programme. My Department completed the process of procuring a Project Manager for the ADAPT 2 Programme, which contains 18 school building projects, in July 2019.
The appointment of a Design Team – (Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Civil & Structural Engineer, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer and Project Supervisor for the Design Process) for the school in question was finalised in November 2019. The appointed Design Team has commenced work on Stage 1 (Site Suitability, Site Report, Initial Sketch Scheme) of Architectural planning. A number of surveys have been approved by the Department and are currently being carried out at the school site.
