Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that schools are asked to pay the cost of installation and removal of temporary classrooms and prefabs when her Department sanctions funding for such facilities; the type of cost incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28389/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Where schools are grant assisted by my Department for the provision of rented temporary classrooms, the rental cost and associated works, including installation and removal, is grant-aided at a rate of 75%, for schools without full recognition, and at 95%, for fully recognised schools. Special Schools are funded at 100% of the total cost. Where the local contribution for a school exceeds €3,175 for expenditure incurred in the financial year January to December, the rental payment would be grant aided at a rate of 100%. Where the temporary accommodation is purchased by my Department for use by a school there is no cost to the school either in relation to the temporary structure or associated costs for the installation or removal of the structure.