Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2023
260. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of the current application related to infrastructure, SET facilities, or provisions at a school (details supplied); the future plans that have been derived from these assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46124/23]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school authority in question
The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.
At primary level, this situation generally arises to cater for a school’s accommodation requirements where an additional teaching post has been sanctioned by Teacher Allocation Section, or the requirement for a new class for pupils with special education needs has been identified by the NCSE, and all available alternative accommodation within the school is already being used for classroom purposes.
The application is currently being assessed by my officials. Once the application has been assessed, the school authority will be contacted directly with a decision.
