Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 31 January 2008, the level of funding available to each sub-programme in her Department's remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10892/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Approximately €586 million has been allocated for school buildings in 2008. At this point, this has been provisionally assigned to the various constituent parts of the building programme as follows—

€155m on large scale and devolved projects under construction at 1 January 2008;

€85m on devolved projects proceeding to construction during 2008;

€55m on large scale projects commencing construction this year;

€47m on contractual balances carried forward from 2007;

€56m on 2008 programmes such as permanent accommodation, remediation, contingency, the purchase of prefabs, non project related furniture and equipment applications and design team fees; and

€188m on the purchase of sites and delivery of school facilities in developing areas.

I should emphasise that, depending on the rate of progress of the various components of the programme, adjustments may be made to the above figures throughout the course of 2008. These adjustments may arise in the context of the on-going monitoring of the programme undertaken by my Department in the normal course of events. It is intended that the Minor Works Grant for the 2008/2009 school year will be paid in the early part of 2009.