Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding given in each year from 2002 to 2005 and in to date in 2006 for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the amount of funding requested by the school for each year from 2002 to date in 2006; the running costs of the school for each year from 2002 to date in 2006; her views on whether the school is adequately funded by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42404/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers received €173,097.34 in Capital Funding since 2002. The details are as follows:

2005:

Summer Works €13,490 (window project)

2004:

Summer Works €132,970 (access-for-all project)

Furniture €6,400.94

2003:

Furniture €8,591.30

Tarmacadam €11,645.10.

In addition to the above payments, the school benefited from the annual Minor Works grant which is paid to all primary schools. The current Minor Works Grant rate is €5,500 per school and €18.50 per pupil. The per capita rate for special needs pupils is €74.00.

In 2004, all Primary Schools received a Science Grant in the amount of €1,000 per school and €10 per pupil, to allow the acquisition of appropriate resources and materials for science work. In 2006, all Primary Schools received a once-off PE Equipment grant of €2,000.

Primary schools' running costs are met by my Department's scheme of capitation grants. These grants are intended to contribute towards the general operating costs of schools which would include heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, painting, teaching aids and other miscellaneous charges.

The school to which the Deputy refers received the following in respect of the Capitation Grant between the years 2002 and 2006 inclusive: