Education | Provision of new school and facilities at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare

To ask the Minister for Education the progress to date in the provision of new school and facilities at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY
The permanent accommodation for the post primary  school  in Enfield is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme which uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction.

It is intended that the project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be included in the next bundle of projects to proceed to tender later this year.

The Department continues to liaise with the school’s patron body in relation to the school’s interim accommodation needs. It is intended that the school will move to suitable interim accommodation on the permanent site for the 2023/24 school year, pending delivery of the permanent accommodation for the school.