Michael Creed
Question:248. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 20 October 2020, when a detailed reply will issue to the question raised. [35941/20]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020
248. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 20 October 2020, when a detailed reply will issue to the question raised. [35941/20]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that overall costs for the period Q4 2018 to the end to the end Q2 2020 were €89.9m excluding VAT and €104.1m including VAT. Costs reflect the very significant level of works completed in 2019 and 2020, complexities to be managed with detailed investigations, developing a remediation solution, retrofitting existing buildings and the need to have detailed and robust arrangements in place to record the investigations and works while ensuring that the schools remained operational where possible.
Given the legal process for the recovery of costs is at quite an advanced stage, with 2 cases in the Commercial Court and proceedings issued and served in relation to all other 38 schools, the legal advice to the Department is to avoid commentary in the public domain on the details of the Schools Remediation Programme including in relation to costs.