Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will go back to a topic I asked about earlier. In dealing with many of my questions, the witnesses referred to the emergency works scheme and the summer works scheme. Are there caps on the amount available to a school under each of these schemes? With regard to the decision-making process, particularly for rural schools, how much weight is given to population size? Mr. Loftus spoke about data and projections. Will he talk a little bit more about the data available to the Department and how things are worked out? How many years back does the Department go? How does it assess the demand that will arise in a community based on birth rates and so on? What provision does the Department make for ventilation and air purification systems? What kind of interface does the Department have with the Department of Transport when decisions are being made around schools? How is decision-making process joined up with regard to Gaelscoils and deciding which schools to invest in?