Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland.
This investment will build on the good progress being made on adding capacity to cater for demographic changes and provision for children with special educational needs. This investment will also facilitate an increased focus on the modernisation of existing school stock and help transition the school system for an era of net zero carbon by 2050.
Approximately 1,200 school building projects are currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and construction – most of which are expected to be either under construction or completed in the period 2021 to 2025.
During the period 2018 to 2021 691 school building projects were completed under the Large Scale Capital Programme (LSCP) and the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA). These projects delivered in excess of 64000 school places. 19 of these projects delivered were in County Kildare; 16 of those were primary schools including one special school and 3 were post-primary school building projects.
It is anticipated that 150 to 200 school building projects will be completed annually during the 2022 to 2025 period.
There are currently in excess of 250 school building projects at construction (on site) with a continuous stream of other projects at or near the tendering stage. These are being progressed as quickly as possible.
The current status of these projects being delivered is listed on a county by county basis on www.gov.ie and is updated on a monthly basis to reflect their progress through the stages.
As reported in November 2021 there are currently 5 projects at various stages of planning and design in the Celbridge school planning area. These projects, listed below are being progressed through the various stages of assessment and delivery.
The length of time a project takes to deliver depends on a number of factors, including scale and complexity, and is subject to the time it takes to progress through the statutory approval process. There is also always a risk of unforeseen issues giving rise to slippage in the progress of a project through the design, statutory approvals or tendering process. Furthermore, Additional Accommodation projects may differ in the way they progress through the architectural planning process depending on their scope.
Current Large Scale & Additional Scheme Accommodation (ASA) Projects in Celbridge School Planning Area:
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Roll No.
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School Name
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School Type
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Project Type
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Current Stage
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18988G
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St Raphael Special School
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Special Education
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New School
(Campus Project)
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Project Brief
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20257C
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Scoil Naomh Padraig
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Primary
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New School
(Campus Project)
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Project Brief
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18644U
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Straffan NS
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Primary
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Extension
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Project Brief
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91614B
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Celbridge Community School
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Post Primary
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New School
(Campus Project)
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Project Brief
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61661P
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Salesian College
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Post Primary
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Extension
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Stage 4
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The three schools in Celbridge (St Raphael Special School, Scoil Naomh Padraig & Celbridge Community School) will be delivered as part of a campus development. The Department has reached agreement in principle with the relevant landowner for the acquisition of a site to accommodate a campus development. The acquisition process is at an advanced stage. My Department is engaging with the developers to finalise the details for Heads of Terms. It is intended that this site will facilitate the construction of three schools. In tandem with the site acquisition, the Department is finalising the accommodation briefs for the three schools. This will facilitate the commencement of the architectural planning process for the project and the Department will liaise with the school authorities at that stage.
The project in Salesian College, Roll Number 61661P is currently on site.
As reported in November, the Department has on hand an ASA application on hand for Straffan NS, Roll Number 18644U which has been assessed and a brief acceptance letter issued to the school authority in December 2021 for 2 Special Education Need base unit 2 x 80m2 Mainstream Classrooms and 2 small Mainstream Classrooms to revert to SET rooms.
