Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2014
294. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence in respect of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9343/14]
View answerAn application for funding to rent temporary school accommodation, for the 2012/13 school year, was submitted by the school in question on the 26th June 2012. My Department sanctioned funding for this request on 3rd July 2012.
At that time the school also advised that they had been allocated an additional mainstream teacher for the 2012/13 school year which would have facilitated an enrolment in excess of 100 children; the projected enrolment figure for 2012/13 provided by the school authorities, at that time, was 93.
The above information formed the basis of my Department's conclusion that the school was not full.
