Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Minor Works Scheme Suspension
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the minor works grant scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the negative impacts for many schools as a result of its loss. [35279/14]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Circular Letter 0062/2013 which was published as the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2013/2014 issued last November states "the grant will only be paid in future years as funding permits". The focus under the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016 is on meeting the demand for additional school places. Consequently, there is no funding provided at this time in the 2014 capital allocation for the payment of a Minor Works Grant.
I know that whenever my Department is in a position to issue a Minor Works Grant that it is welcomed by school communities and management bodies as a valuable contribution towards the cost of maintaining school infrastructure.
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