Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide financial support to carry out urgent repairs to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16715/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Applications under my Department's Summer Works and Emergency Works Schemes to upgrade the school's Home Economics Room have been received from the school referred to by the Deputy.

The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is solely for unforeseen emergencies or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for special needs pupils. An emergency is deemed to be a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action and in the case of a school if not corrected would prevent the school or part thereof from opening.

As the scope of works for this project is outside the terms of the Emergency Works Scheme it cannot be considered for emergency funding and due to the scale of demand for funding under the Summer Works Scheme it was not possible to grant aid all applications.