School Accommodation Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2015

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Ceisteanna (119)

Mattie McGrath

Ceist:

119. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number by county of prefabricated primary and post-primary school units being rented; the cost of same for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25714/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Skills

The number of prefab units that have been rented by county each year since 2011, is given in the following table for the Deputy's attention. It should be noted that a prefab unit may consist of one or more classrooms and/or ancillary accommodation. The rental cost of these prefabs was:

Year	Amount
2011	€20.49m
2012	€19.04m
2013	€15.84m
2014	€14.32m
2015	€13.94m (estimated)

Under my Department's Prefab Replacement Initiatives 2012 and 2013 approval was given to 217 schools (209 primary and 8 post-primary) to replace 614 prefab units with permanent accommodation. In excess of €57m has been allocated to these initiatives, of which €47.5m has been paid to date. Of the total 217 approved school projects, 170 have been completed and a further 15 projects are on site.

Prefabricated unit rental by county 2011-2015

-	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
-	No of units	No of units	No of units	No of units	No of units
Carlow	16	13	8	5	5
Cavan	32	32	29	31	31
Clare	54	55	43	40	41
Cork	202	205	160	130	124
Donegal	56	54	34	32	32
Dublin	281	250	217	163	164
Galway	125	110	93	101	100
Kerry	32	31	27	21	20
Kildare	77	75	53	54	52
Kilkenny	16	15	16	11	12
Laois	37	33	25	26	26
Leitrim	4	4	0	0	0
Limerick	55	51	47	37	41
Longford	9	9	10	10	10
Louth	87	68	39	40	40
Mayo	55	44	24	23	23
Meath	87	76	55	46	47
Monaghan	15	16	3	2	2
Offaly	23	24	29	34	24
Roscommon	6	4	3	3	3
Sligo	20	19	9	9	9
Tipperary	39	35	26	24	26
Waterford	39	30	23	13	13
Westmeath	32	30	29	27	27
Wexford	70	64	45	38	32
Wicklow	56	58	47	41	30
TOTAL	1525	1405	1094	961	934