Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider granting the additional funds necessary to a primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3818/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the expansion of the devolved scheme for primary school building works a grant of €100,000 was sanctioned to enable the management authorities of the school in question to provide an additional classroom.

The initiative allows boards of management to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives boards of management control of the building project. My Department does not intend increasing the amount of grant offered to the school. This is because a central tenet of the devolved scheme is that the school, granted discretion and funding, must equally accept responsibility for prioritisation, control of costs and ensuring value for money.

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has requested funding under the summer works scheme for 2005; the nature of the work for which funding is requested; if this type of work is normally covered by the scheme; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3819/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application for grant aid under the summer works scheme 2005, SWS, for an upgrade of toilet facilities. The scope of the scheme covers this work type. All SWS applications are currently being assessed in the school planning section of my Department. I intend to publish the list of successful applicants shortly.