Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for funding from a council (details supplied); if a decision has been made to fund the council in view of the rapidly growing demand from schools for their projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38275/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has not received any application for funding from the Model Aeronautics Council of Ireland. However, my Department does not provide direct funding for special interest groups such as that referred to by the Deputy. Schools have considerable discretion as to how the funding allocated by my Department should be best utilised in the interests of their students. Should a school accord sufficient priority to a project offered by the Model Aeronautics Council of Ireland then the school would be free to engage with the council in this regard.