Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding employees of a former company (details supplied) availing of the European Globalisation Fund. [5091/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can confirm that my Department has received an application for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band rating of 2.1.

Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, including the project referred to by the Deputy, is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie.

The priority attaching to individual projects is determined by published prioritisation criteria, which were formulated following consultation with the Education Partners. There are four band ratings under these criteria, each of which describes the extent of accommodation required and the urgency attaching to it. Band 1 is the highest priority rating and Band 4 is the lowest. Documents explaining the band rating system are also available on my Department's website.

The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme. However, in light of current competing demands on the capital budget of the Department, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of the project at this time.

In the meantime I wish to advise the Deputy that approval was given towards an all-in devolved grant in the amount of €100,000 in June 2009 to provide an additional 80m2 mainstream classroom. In addition a further grant of €152,394.00 was sanctioned in June 2010 to renovate two classrooms at the school.

Also in June 2010, a grant of €25,078 was sanctioned for security works under emergency works funding. In addition the school was granted €50,981.04 under the Summer Works Scheme in 2006 for a mechanical upgrade and €81,279.90 under the Summer Works Scheme in 2010 for roof works.