Denis O'Donovan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to renovate and refurbish a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; the date when works will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30212/04]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A number of schemes are funded by my Department from which school building repair projects can be addressed. Under the grant scheme for minor works to national school properties, which came into operation in January 1997, all national schools receive funding annually. Items such as the replacement of windows, roof repairs, re-surfacing of school yard, re-painting and re-decorating qualify as improvements to school building and grounds and come within the scope of the minor works covered by this grant.

The summer works scheme, SWS, provides capital grants for necessary small-scale works that can be planned and delivered during the summer months. Applications are considered under the terms and conditions of the scheme. The management authority of the school has recently made an application for grant aid towards electrical works at the school under the summer works scheme 2005. All applications for the 2005 scheme will be considered in school planning section and it is planned to publish the list of successful applicants early in the new year.