Enfield Community College project moves forward to next stage

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced the issuing of Letters of Intent to successful contractors for 10 new schools to be built under the Department’s Design & Build programme, including Enfield Community College.

A letter of intent has issued for the construction of a new 1,000-student post-primary school, including special classes.

According to the Department of Education, it is one of the largest bundles of new school projects it has undertaken to date, comprising some 83,000m2 of new state-of-the-art facilities catering for almost 8,000 students including facilities for special classes.

These schools are part of the follow through of the announcement last week of €800m investment for progression of close to 90 projects to construction over the course of 2024 and early 2025.

The new school buildings are flagship developments in their area and will provide new and modern facilities to help cater for growing populations due to significant rollout of housing developments.

These new school buildings will incorporate renewable systems that include heat pump technologies for heating and also solar panels. In addition, they will also incorporate Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems which represents the Department’s ongoing response to the climate action plan.

The next major milestone will be the issue of the Letters of Acceptance to the successful contractors. which will be done following further engagement with the successful contractors in relation to their tenders for the design and construction of the new schools. This engagement will also provide clarity on the contractor’s programme of works for the delivery of the projects and timelines.

Minister Foley said: “It gives me great pleasure to announce the Letters of Intent for these 10 schools, including Enfield Community College. This is a key priority for my Department. The delivery of these projects will transform the teaching and learning environment for these school communities. Since 2020, the Department of Education has invested around €4.5 billion in schools throughout the country. Around 800 school building projects have been completed and 300 other projects are under construction.

"This level of construction rollout recognises the priority that Government puts on investment in education.”