Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 July 2025
1272. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the new education campus in Whitehall, Dublin 9 including four schools; and the timeline for construction and completion. [43988/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe major building project referred to by the Deputy will deliver a shared educational campus which will provide 2 new 1,000 pupil post primary schools with 6 classrooms for children with special education needs, a new 8 classroom primary school with accommodation and 2 classrooms for children with special education needs and a new 20 classroom special school at the Swords Road campus in Whitehall.
The project will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT 4 Programme – Programme Innovate. This programme will be led by Integrated Project Teams consisting of highly skilled and experienced design professionals, architects, engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors and various other consultants to deliver the projects.
AECOM as the Programme Manager are overseeing the procurement and appointment of these Integrated Project Teams and the procurement process for the team for this project at the Whitehall campus is currently being concluded.
Upon appointment, the Integrated Project Team will begin the initial stage of architectural planning – Stage 1, where a site and current building assessment is carried out, and initial design sketch schemes are created.
Further details on the Department of Education and Youth’s capital programme will be published in Autumn 2025.
