Michael Creed
Ceist:414. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if new classroom accommodation has been sanctioned for September 2022 for a school (details supplied). [16071/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 29 March 2022
Ceisteanna (414)
Freagraí scríofa
I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school authority referred to by the Deputy.
The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation 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 Allocations Section, or a new SEN class has been sanctioned by the NCSE, and all available alternative accommodation within the school is already being used for classroom purposes.
Once the application has been assessed, the school authority will be contacted directly with a decision.