Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider giving priority to the application for summer work on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [17750/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied to my Department for funding under the Summer Works Scheme 2011. Unfortunately, due to the scale of demand for funding under the scheme, it was not possible to grant aid all applications. As outlined in the Circular governing the operation of the scheme, applications for works in the higher categories of eligible works were prioritised and it was not possible to include the school referred to by the Deputy in the list of 453 successful schools that was announced on 30 March 2011 and in the further list of 374 schools that were successful under the Jobs Initiative. The school has been advised accordingly. The Deputy will be aware that a major capital project consisting of an extension and refurbishment is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. It is intended that the works which were the subject of the Summer Works application will be addressed within the context of this project.