1340. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional accommodation scheme application for a school (details supplied); the stage of the application currently; when it is likely the school will move to the next phase of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57774/26]

The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme for a project providing three special educational needs classrooms. This project is devolved to the school authority for delivery.

I can confirm that Departmental officials recently approved this project to stage 2a (developed design) and are awaiting this stage report. Once received, the stage 2a report will be reviewed from a comprehensive technical and cost perspective.

All projects, including this one, will undergo the necessary due diligence outlined in the Infrastructure Guidelines. Given the detailed nature of the evaluation process, the need to ensure full cost compliance, and the requirement to align the project with the prioritisation framework under the National Development Plan, this review process is necessarily thorough. Managing timing, scope, and cost is crucial to staying within budgetary limits for the overall programme.

The current status of all ASA projects is listed on a county by county basis at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/services/additional-accommodation-scheme/. This is updated on a regular basis to reflect project progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, planning, tender and construction.