Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 920: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent from the school capital programme on primary schools in County Wexford in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10638/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A sum of €4,329,738 was spent on specific capital projects in primary schools in County Wexford in 2004. In addition, each primary school in the county received both a minor works grant in the amount of €3,809 per school and €12.70 per pupil and a science grant in the amount of €1,000 per school and €10 per pupil. The science grant is to assist in the acquisition of appropriate resources for science classes. Under the schools information and communication technologies programme, 95 primary schools in Wexford received a total sum of £374,793 in 2004.

Information relating to payments made for asbestos and radon remediation is not stored on a county basis. Therefore, it is not possible to quantify the investment in these programmes on a county basis.