Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has declined funding to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4637/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the scope of works requested is outside the terms of the Scheme under which the school applied. My Department has therefore advised the school that the application cannot be considered for funding.

My Department has also advised the school that schools are expected to use their minor works grants to address high priority works and it is open to the school to utilise this grant, made available in November 2015, to address the works in question in full or on a phased basis, as that grant permits.

Separately, the school in question has submitted an application under the 2016-17 Summer Works Scheme for other capital works.

Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned, will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's website www.education.ie. It is my intention to publish a list of successful applicants at the end of February/early March 2016.