Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure funding is made available for repair work on the roof of a school (details supplied) where rain water is entering through loose membranes in the roof which may compromise the building's structural integrity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 9 application for structural improvement works under the Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) from the school to which he refers.

Valid SWS (2016-2017) applications from schools in respect of Categories 3 to 10 that were not reached under round one approvals announced on 28th April last, will, subject to the overall availability of funding, qualify to be assessed under future rounds of the Scheme. If this arises, the terms and conditions of the scheme as outlined in Circular Letter (0055/2015), which may be accessed on my Department's website, will continue to apply when allocating funding to such projects. The application from the school in question is available to be considered in this context.

In the meantime, the school may use its minor works grant, which all primary schools received last November, to carry out the works in full or on a phased basis as that grant permits if the school considers them to be a priority.

It is also open to the school to make an application under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme in respect of the most critical elements of the works. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to ensure the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are most in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation. Full details of the scheme together with an application form is available on my Department's website www.education.ie.