Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 November 2008
547 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the amount of money he will be providing in 2009 to this school; and if he will be sanctioning the extra funding needed for the provision of two new classrooms and a physical education facility. [42273/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe school to which the Deputy refers applied for capital funding for additional accommodation under the Small Schools Scheme 2007. However, due to the volume of applications received, it was not possible to allocate funding to all applicants and the application from this school was unsuccessful. The school has, however, received almost €83,000 under the Summer Works Scheme to improve conditions at the school. It is open to the school authority to apply to my Department for funding for major capital works. The application form (Form FLE) is available on my Department's website www.education.ie. The progression of all applications for large scale capital funding will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.
