Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the minor works scheme will be guaranteed as an annual grant scheme as the lack of certainty regarding the scheme causes forward-planning difficulties for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24559/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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As the Deputy is aware the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2014/2015 was issued to all primary schools last December. For the first time the grant issued to schools with provisional recognition only.

As I said on 4 March 2015 before the Select Committee on Education and Skills with regards to the Minor Works Grant 2015/2016, the normal practice is for that to be announced later in the year. In the autumn I will be considering the issue of the Minor Works Grant in the context of my Department's overall capital position at that time.