Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2020
199. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to schools in County Wexford through the summer works scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [13283/20]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below:
|
Year |
2017 Expenditure |
2018 Expenditure |
2019 Expenditure |
2020 Expenditure (to date) |
|
Summer Works Scheme (Wexford) |
€2,048,663 |
€782,404 |
€397,248 |
€55,117 |
The purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school.
Under the terms of the scheme, school authorities are empowered to manage these works with guidance from and minimal interaction with the Department.
Funding for small scale projects will be allocated in accordance with the prioritisation criteria attaching to the scheme which, in the normal course, include the ability to have the works carried out during the summer.
