Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017
316. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials will be in a position to carry out an assessment of a school (details supplied) in view of prefab replacement; if after the assessment, he will confirm that the prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long term accommodation needs of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19416/17]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, it is my intention in accordance with the Programme for Government to replace school prefabs with permanent accommodation over the lifetime of my Department's capital programme 2016-2021.
To enable this development, my Department will be carrying out an assessment of the number of prefabs being used in schools to deliver the curriculum and to determine whether or not individual prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long-term accommodation needs of each school involved. When completed, this assessment will quantify the number of prefabs to be replaced. It is intended that this assessment when finalised will enable the replacement of such prefabs to commence in 2019.
