Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 May 2016
341. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the application will processed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/16]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of having received an application under the Emergency Works Scheme from the school referred to by the Deputy. It is, however, open to the school to submit an application under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme in respect of essential works required. The appropriate application is available on my Department's website, www.education.ie.
I also wish to advise the Deputy however that the school in question submitted a Summer Works Scheme application, for Category 3 - Mechanical Works. As the Deputy is aware, a €30 million investment under Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016 -2017) was announced on 28th April last. This related to successful applicants under Categories 1 and 2, - Gas and Electrical works.
Valid SWS (2016-2017) applications from schools in respect of Categories 3 to 10 that were not reached under this round will, subject to the overall availability of funding, qualify to be assessed under future rounds of the Scheme. If this arises, the terms and conditions of the scheme as outlined in Circular Letter (0055/2015) which may be accessed on my Department's website, will continue to apply when allocating funding to such projects.
