Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 April 2019
86. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he received an application under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) to provide funding to facilitate special needs pupils attending the school; if the application will be assessed and sanction issued to the school authorities as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/19]
View answerThe school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to carry out works to the school building to comply with Part M of the Building Regulations. The application was of a general nature and did not relate to a particular future or currently enrolled pupil. It was deemed to be outside the scope of the scheme in that respect.
However, it is open to the school to appeal this decision in respect of (a) particular pupil(s). It may submit a letter to that effect containing details of the enrolment of that pupil (or those pupils as the case may be) and an Occupational Therapist's Report on which the works being applied for are based. The Emergency Works Circular and Application form are both available on my Department's Website.
