Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding which is available from her Department to replace the windows in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the dangerous condition of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3880/06]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which are used by her Department for assessing and awarding grants to schools (details supplied) in County Kildare under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3881/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 484 together.

The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for capital grant aid under the summer works scheme, SWS, of 2006 to replace windows. However, discussions are ongoing with the school regarding a possible rationalisation or reconfiguration of primary educational facilities in the area where it is located. In such circumstances, it is my Department's policy not to invest any significant capital funding until it has certainty that a building will remain in long-term use.

My Department will take every step to ensure that the discussions referred to will be concluded as quickly as possible in order that a solution can be applied to the accommodation needs of the school in question.