Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 November 2018
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys allocated to all schools as part of the minor works grant scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47789/18]
View answerUnder the Grant Scheme for Minor Works the following amounts were issued to primary schools in the years 2011 to 2017:
2011 - €28.2m
2012 - Nil
2013 - €28m
2014 - €28.5m
2015 - €28.7m
2016 - €28.7m
2017 - €28.9m
On 14 September 2018, the announcement of the major package of investment in education under Project Ireland 2040 confirmed that, starting this year, all primary schools will receive the €29 million minor works grant in either December or early January of each school year.
The number of schools per county in receipt of the Minor Works Grant was published in December 2017 when the grant for the 2017/18 school year was announced. The same will be done for the 2018/19 school year. The detail of the 2017 announcement is available at: https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2017-Press-Releases/PR2017-05-12.html
