Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 April 2016
641. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the emergency funding scheme along with its application under the summer works scheme for 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5463/16]
View answerI wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme. Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned, will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's website www.education.ie. It is my intention to publish a list of successful applicants in due course. The school to which the Deputy refers also applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWG). As the scope of works was considered to be outside the terms of this scheme, the application was refused. However, the school has since revised the application and this is currently under consideration. A decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been concluded.
