Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2015

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Questions (135)

Sean Conlan

Question:

135. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on money spent on summer works projects in voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools and education and training board schools that were formerly under the vocational education committees, since 1 January 2010; if details will include the average amount spent per school in the three categories of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15899/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

A Summer Works Scheme operated in 2010, 2011 (includes projects announced under the Jobs Initiative) and 2014. Approvals under these schemes issued to 851 post-primary schools with a total of €118m spent at 31st December 2014. The distribution of this funding per sector is as follows:

Education and Training Board Schools - €40.630 million

Secondary Schools - €60.288 million

Community and Comprehensive Schools - €17.083 million.Funding is assigned based on validated prioritised need using prioritisation criteria detailed in the call for applications. Since factors such as scope of works and school size determine the level of funding required on an individual school basis, average data allocations are not representative of sectoral distributions.