Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2022
303. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education when the design team appointed for the new building of a school (details supplied) will submit the final report on stage 2B of the project that will allow the project to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38249/22]
View answerThe major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently completing Stage 2(b) of Architectural Planning – Detailed Design, which involves the production of a complex and detailed set of tender documents and an accurate pre-tender cost check by the Design Team, in accordance with my Departments Technical Guidance Documents, Building Regulations and Public Works Procurement procedures.The Design Team recently received the final grant of permission from Dublin City Council in relation to Planning Permission for the revised Right of Way.Officials from my Department are in constant contact with the school’s Design Team in recent weeks and months and their current estimated date for submission of Stage 2(b) to my Department is end of July 2022.It is in the best interest of the project that the Design Team complete the Stage 2(b) submission in a coherent and comprehensive manner in order to progress the project to Tender Stage and to ensure that the risk of further issues arising is minimised during the tender and construction stages.
