Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021
499. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52364/21]
View answer500. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the capital applications granted and in existence with her Department for schools in County Wexford; if each capital application for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the current status of each application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52365/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together.
I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department's website, www.gov.ie./education, contains details of projects being delivered under the school building programme, including those in Wexford. This information is updated regularly.
The Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms, if required, for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has been appointed. In this regard, I can confirm that my Department has recently received applications, for such funding, from three schools in Wexford. These applications will be assessed and a decision conveyed to the school authorities when the assessment process has been completed.
My Department's website also contains details of approved Emergency Works Scheme applications, which are updated weekly and the announcement of those Summer Works Scheme applications which have been approved for delivery the following Summer. This announcement is normally made in the final quarter of each year.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/d73cb-building-works-for-the-construction-extension-and-refurbishment-of-schools/ contains all the relevant information of the various capital funding approvals for Wexford under the aforementioned schemes.
