Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
398. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41774/16]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that capital funding to schools is approved by my Department under the following schemes i.e. Major Projects, PPP Projects, Additional Accommodation, Emergency Works, Summer Works, ICT Infrastructure and Minor Works Grant Schemes. The total value of grants approved under these headings to schools in County Wexford is set out in the table.
|
Project Category |
Funding |
|
Major Projects |
€38.4 million |
|
PPP Projects |
** |
|
Additional Accommodation |
€7.6 million |
|
Emergency Works Scheme |
€1.1 million |
|
Summer Works Scheme |
€1.1 million |
|
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure 2016-2017 school year |
Over €1 million |
|
Minor Works Grant Scheme 2016-2017 school year |
Almost €1 million |
** Loreto Secondary School, Wexford town, is one of six school projects planned for delivery under the Department's Bundle 5 Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme. However, it is not possible to provide a separate value for this project.
Funding has also been allocated to enable Institute of Technology Carlow to acquire a site in County Wexford, with a view to developing a new purpose-built campus. Due to commercial sensitivities, it is not possible to provide details of this funding.
