The building project for the School referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. This School was one of the sixty two schools that I announced in January of this year to start the architectural planning process. A full Design Team has been appointed to bring the proposed building project through the various stages of architectural planning. County Kildare VEC has allocated a three acre site from within the twenty acre Pipers Hill Campus for the School in question. It is expected that the Piper's Hill site will be transferred into the ownership of County Kildare VEC in the near future. The proposed new school consists of an area of 2215 sq.m.
In September of this year a letter issued to the School Authorities and the Consultant Architects on the project giving approval to carry out a combined stage 1/2 (Outline sketch scheme with costings) submission. When this information is received in my Department, my Department will be in further contact with the school Authorities and the Design Team as to how best to further progress this project.