Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
290. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for fire safety works received by his Department in 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of applications which have been accepted and rejected, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44975/18]
View answerIn 2017, my Department received 18 applications to address fire safety issues in schools. Of these, 17 applications were approved. My Department has requested additional information from the school authority in respect of the remaining application to enable it to be properly assessed.
To date in 2018 my Department has received 63 applications for fire safety works in schools.
49 applications have been approved. The remainder are either awaiting additional information from the school authority or revised applications.
One school was unsuccessful because it already had adequate fire safety measures in place in the school.
