Verona Murphy
Question:295. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a modular accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/24]
View answerTuesday, 20 February 2024
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I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding, under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme.
The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.
The Department is working to ensure that there is appropriate school accommodation in place to meet the school place needs of all children. In the first instance, this is focused on ensuring that the use of existing school accommodation capacity is fully optimised. Where additional capacity is required this can be provided by means of modular accommodation where accelerated delivery is required, or by means of traditional construction projects.
The application is being considered in this context and officials in the department are working to get a decision communicated to the school as soon as possible.