Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he allocated €30,000 for the specific purchase of computers for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo for 2007; the amount allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18906/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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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. Over €27m was paid out to primary schools throughout the country in 2007 to enable thousands of small scale works to be completed without the need to interact with my Department. Individual primary schools received a grant in the sum of €5,500 plus €18.50 per pupil.