Tánaiste announces signing of contract for six new schools [education.ie]
- Published: 02 June 2010
School places to be provided for 4,700 pupils under PPP programme
Tánaiste & Minister for Education and Skills Mary Coughlan T.D. today announced that the contract for the provision of six new schools had been signed with Macquarie Partnerships for Ireland (MPFI). These six schools will provide places for over 4,700 pupils and make up the second bundle of PPP schools projects to be delivered under the Department's Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme.
Under the PPP model, the schools will be designed, built, financed and maintained for 25 years by MPFI.
"I am conscious of the importance of this project to the schools and to the construction industry at this particular time and I am delighted to announce that the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) has today signed the contract with MPFI and that construction will commence immediately.The six new schools will be available by the end of 2011," said the Tánaiste.
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