Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have been given revised timelines for the completion of building works, given the recent announcement of the restarting of school building projects; and the revised timelines per school, in tabular form. [18932/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As you are aware an agreement was secured to guarantee and support the roll-out and continuation of my Department’s ambitious school building programme.

The agreement reached on 5 April is facilitating the continued roll-out of urgently required school building projects in both mainstream and special education settings, including the 58 projects that were temporarily paused due to capital funding pressures.

It is best for communications to be done at individual school level, this is the approach we have taken. Officials from my Department have updated each of the 58 schools in relation to the formal arrangements and next steps in respect of the delivery of their individual projects.

My Department has a proven track record of delivery, with over 180 projects completed last year within a challenging environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues.

This year alone, in excess of 300 school building projects are currently under construction, including 40 new school buildings and 260 projects at existing schools. There are also circa. 1,000 other school building projects being progressed through various stages of development. My Department also continues to support schools with the successful integration of over 15,000 Ukrainian students within our school system.

The current status of all projects are listed on a county by county basis at www.gov.ie and is updated on a regular basis to reflect their progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction.