Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kildare was not successful in its application for the summer works scheme 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4014/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for grant aid under the summer works scheme 2006, SWS, to upgrade the mechanical works in the school. However, as the Deputy may be aware, plans to provide a brand new state of the art building for the school in question are currently in architectural planning. In such circumstances, it is my Department's policy not to invest significant capital funding in a building that will not remain in use, which is the case in this instance. Consequently, the SWS application was not approved. However, the school building section is prepared to examine a possible reduced scope of works to ensure the continued operation of the school pending the delivery of its new building. It will be in direct contact with the school when its proposal in this regard has been received.