£573k spent on Foyle build since 2009

OVER half-a-million pounds has been spent progressing Foyle College’s move to Clooney since the site was purchased for £14.5m in 2009, it’s been revealed.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 8th Jun 2013, 15:35 BST
Professor Deirde Heenan, Margaret Ritchie and Jack Magill in former lives shortly after the £14.5m Foyle purchase was made.Professor Deirde Heenan, Margaret Ritchie and Jack Magill in former lives shortly after the £14.5m Foyle purchase was made.
Professor Deirde Heenan, Margaret Ritchie and Jack Magill in former lives shortly after the £14.5m Foyle purchase was made.

Education Minister John O’Dowd revealed that total expenditure on the Foyle scheme stood at £15,073,000 at the start of April.

The Foyle site in Clooney was purchased in 2009 for £14,500,000. Thus £573k has been spent since then.

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Of 18 other capital projects announced by the Minister a year ago, a number were located in Londonderry.

These included the Ebrington Primary School project, which is closely tied in with the Foyle move.

Over the last two years £164k was spent moving the Ebrington scheme forward.

During the same period £160k was spent on a new school in Eglinton.

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There was much more modest expenditure on the proposed Belmont House school in Londonderry and the proposed new Rossmar school in Limavady.

A sum of £10k has been spent on each of these schools but none since the 2011/12 financial year.

The Education Minister revealed the detail in response to an Assembly Question.

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