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 2 projects at various stages of planning and design in the Lexilip 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 Leixlip 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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20526D
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Leixlip ETNS
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Primary
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New School
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Project Brief
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70691C
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Confey Community College
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Post Primary
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Extension
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Stage 1
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The project associated with Confey Community College, Roll Number 70691C is at Stage 1. It is currently the responsibility of the School Authority to progress the project.
The project associated with Leixlip ETNS, Roll Number 20526D is at project brief stage. A site is also required to construct a permanent school building for the school. The site identification and assessment exercise for Leixlip ETNS is ongoing.
A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. In the case where any such solution is being considered, engagement takes place with all relevant stakeholders regarding the feasibility of any proposed solution to identify what is technically feasible as well as finding a solution that is both mutually beneficial for the State and any school which may be impacted.
In this case, Officials in my Department have approached representatives of the existing school on the site to begin engagement. It is not possible to provide any further information at this stage.
The school site identification process is a dynamic one where new information on sites may come to the attention of my Department from time to time. My Department is in regular contact with local authorities to assist with this flow of information, and it will continue to do so in this case
My Department has one application on under the Additional Schools Accommodation scheme for Scoil Bhride, Leixlip, - Roll number 19407L. Following assessment, a brief acceptance letter issued to the school in January 2022 for a 2 Special Education Needs class base unit.
