Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 964: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve funding under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when she will make a decision on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1423/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for the Summer Works Scheme 2008 has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy.

As the Deputy may be aware, the Summer Works Scheme was introduced in 2004. Since then, over 3,000 projects costing in excess of €300 million have been completed. Considerable extra investment has been provided in the Budget to increase funding for school buildings to almost €600 million this year. With so many small projects having been completed over the past few years, I am focusing on delivering as many large scale projects as possible in 2008. There is not, therefore, a new Summer Works Scheme as part of our building programme this year.