Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 under the schools summer works scheme 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12780/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme.

A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and electrical works were prioritised under the Summer Works Scheme funding this year and I regret that the application made by the school in question was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school.

In addition to the 2011 Summer Works Scheme, a further €30 Million has been made available this year under the Jobs Initiative to fund school building works in a further 374 primary and post-primary schools. These funds will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works such as special needs access, toilet facilities, roof works and window replacements. Unfortunately, due to the scale of demand for funding it was necessary to further prioritise categories of works in respect of access for all, toilets, roofs and post primary school windows projects, I regret that the application referred to by the Deputy was also unsuccessful under the initiative.