Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any information on a capitation grant in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [44346/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I understand that the question refers to the Minor Works Grant. When the Minor Works Grant last issued in November 2011 for the school year 2011/2012, I stated that given the need to focus on meeting the demand for additional school places, it was unlikely that funding would be available for the Minor Works Grant in the coming years. This is borne out by the fact that in 2012, 85% of the capital expenditure in the school sector was in respect of large scale projects, additional accommodation and prefab replacement. The balance was expended on site acquisition, emergency works, furniture and equipment provision and commitments arising from earlier years.

The capital allocation available for the school sector in 2013 is expected to have a similar spend pattern as was the case in 2012.