🏗❌ Plans for new buildings for 28 post-primary schools in Northern Ireland have been 'paused' due to budget issues. education
The Department said it could not incur costs on projects which were "unlikely to proceed" for many yearsTwenty-eight post-primary schools in Northern Ireland which were earmarked for new buildings have been told the process has been "paused".The former education ministerBut Ms McIlveen's announcement allowed the planning and design process for each new school to begin.The move came just before the dissolution of Stormont ahead of the 2022 assembly election.
The director of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects said that businesses and schools would be affected by the delays.Work already started is to continue but no new building projects will begin. A letter from the DE to headteachers said that "it is not affordable for the department to incur consultancy spend and expend considerable staffing resource on projects which are unlikely to proceed to site for many years"."This decision has been considered at length and has not been taken lightly, as the department is acutely aware of the pressing need for investment at your school.
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