An application was received in the Department, under the Small Schools Scheme 2007, from the school referred to by the Deputy. On 5 March 2007, I announced details of the schools to receive funding under this Scheme. Due to the volume of applications received in the Department it was not possible to allocate funding to all proposed projects and the school referred to by the Deputy was not successful in this instance. However, it is open to the school authority to apply for funding under the 2008 scheme, details of which will be announced later this year.
However, if the school were to make an application for funding under the Emergency Works Grant it will be considered in accordance with the criteria for that particular scheme. I have arranged for the relevant application form to be forwarded to the school authorities