Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 December 2004
202 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of her visit to a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she witnessed at first hand the cramped environment at the school; when she will sanction an extension to the school to cater for the obvious growing needs of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33885/04]
View answerAs part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works, a grant of €100,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide additional classroom accommodation.
The initiative allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards of management control of the building project. My Department does not intend increasing the amount of the grant offered to the school. This is because a central tenet of the devolved scheme is that the school, granted discretion and funding, must equally accept responsibility for prioritisation, control of costs and ensuring value for money.
