Minister Quinn announces devolution of building projects to Vocational Education Committees as CSO data shows highest birth rate since the 1960s [education.ie]
- Published: 01 November 2011
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD, today announced details of 28 school building projects which will be project managed by individual Vocational Education Committees around the country and also by a County Council.
Overall, these projects will deliver in excess of 21,000 student places, including over 14,000 additional new school places. This represents a multi-million euro investment in meeting the increased demand for pupil places over the next number of years.
Devolution of responsibility for school building projects is one of the priorities identified in the Programme for Government. Minister Quinn has now requested that a number of Vocational Education Committees deliver school building projects in their areas.
Commenting on the announcement, Minister Quinn said "I am committed to using alternative methods of delivering major school building projects in order to maximise the number of projects we deliver and to speed up delivery. I am pleased that the Vocational Education Committees are responding to the needs of their communities by agreeing to take on the role of project manager for these major projects locally."
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