Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding for an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the dormant accounts small scale capital grant scheme; when she plans to announce her Department's decision on the successful projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11504/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The application referred to by the Deputy is one of over 1,000 applications for the scheme received by the Midland Regional Office of my Department.

These applications are currently being logged and acknowledged. Once this process is complete, my officials will start the process of assessing and ranking the applications. In keeping with the requirements of the Dormant Accounts Fund legislation, the assessed applications will be considered by the Inter-Departmental Committee on Educational Disadvantage, who will make recommendations to the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Minister Ó Cuív will then submit the list of recommendations to the Government for approval. Funding for approved projects will be channelled through my Department's Vote.

I cannot give an exact date of when the list of successful applicants will be announced, however, I hope to be able to make this announcement before the schools break for the summer holidays.