Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023
374. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the progress towards the provision of a new primary school at Newtown, County Kildare; the current state of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23236/23]
View answerThe school referred to by the deputy was granted approval for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide for the following accommodation at the school: 2 x SEN Base Classroom (439m2) & rental of 2 x 100m2 SEN base as an interim measure.
The school and its design team submitted a stage report to the Department on 11th November 2022; combined comments issued to the school from the Department's Professional & Technical team on 23rd of November 2022.
Revised documents were re-submitted and forwarded to the Department's Professional & Technical team for review on 15th March 2023. My Department will revert to the school authority upon completion of this review.
