Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 27 February 2008, the specific allocation made in 2007 in euro and cent by her Department for the specific function of purchase of computers for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10891/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 162 answered on 27th February last the school referred to by the Deputy did not receive direct ICT funding in 2007. The school did however receive the annual Minor Works Grant which allows schools, inter alia, to purchase IT related equipment without referring back to my Department. The value of the minor works grant has increased by nearly 50% over the past two years and €27 million in such grants issued to primary schools in 2007. As the Deputy will be aware I have received the report of the Strategy Planning Group to advise on the prioritisation of measures under the planned investment of €252m over the period of the National Development Plan. I will shortly be publishing the report together with my implementation plan.