Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
249. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues open to a school community (details supplied) in County Kerry where the school is awaiting funding for urgently required drop-off and collection works to prevent possible serious injury or death occurring; if his Department will treat the school's application as an emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26689/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 10 application for external works under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016 - 2017) from the school to which he refers.
Valid SWS (2016 - 2017) applications from schools in respect of Categories 3 to 10 that were not reached under round one approvals announced on 28 April last, will, subject to the overall availability of funding, qualify to be assessed under future rounds of the Scheme. If this arises, the terms and conditions of the scheme as outlined in Circular Letter (0055/2015), which may be assessed on my Department's website, will continue to apply when allocating funding to such projects. The application from the school in question is available to be considered in this context.
