John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided by her Department as devolved grants to schools in Waterford city in each of the years 2006 and 2007; the number of schools in Waterford city that received such grants in those years; the budgeted funding allocated to schools in Waterford city as devolved grants in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9643/08]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided by her Department as devolved grants to schools in County Waterford in each of the years 2006 and 2007; the number of schools in County Waterford that received such grants in those years; the budgeted funding allocated to schools in County Waterford as devolved grants in 2008 [9645/08]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provided by her Department nationally as devolved grants in each of the years 2006 and 2007; the number of schools that received such grants in those years; the budgeted funding allocated to schools as devolved grants in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 289, 291 and 293 together.

I assume the Deputy is referring to the devolved Small Schools and Permanent Accommodation Schemes. There were no Waterford City schools listed for funding under the devolved schemes in 2006 and €1.01m was allocated to three schools in Waterford County that year. In 2007 a grant of €360,000 was allocated to one school in Waterford City and €1.784m to four schools in Waterford County.

In 2006, €98.0m was allocated nationally to 205 schools under the devolved Schemes. In 2007, €99.4m was allocated to 255 schools under these Schemes.

The purpose of the Schemes is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake building works which will address schools long term accommodation needs. Under the terms of the Schemes, school authorities are empowered to manage these works with guidance from and minimal interaction with the Department.

With so many small projects having been approved over the past few years, I have decided to focus primarily on delivering as many large scale projects as possible in 2008. Decisions regarding the allocation of funding in 2008 in respect of the devolved schemes referred to by the Deputy will be taken in due course, in the context of my Department's School Building and Modernisation Programme.