Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 July 2004
63 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 16 June 2004, if his Department received a funding request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to refurbish the toilet facilities in the school; when the application was made; the scheme under which it was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/04]
View answerThe school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for grant aid to carry out works to toilet facilities in 2002. On the basis of the budgetary allocation in 2002, it was not possible to fund the project at that time. The application was assessed again in 2003 for consideration for contingency funding but the application was unsuccessful at that time. However, the scope of works required at the school is appropriate for consideration under the summer works scheme, SWS. This scheme was launched in December 2003 and it replaces all existing small scale building project schemes. The school did not apply for funding under the scheme for 2004. It is open to the school's management authority to apply for the key priority works required at the school as part of the 2005 SWS, details of which will be announced shortly.
