Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an engineer's report detailing the need for replacement of 39 year old fire doors and apex windows in a school (details supplied), and that it was not included in the summer works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32720/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question applied for funding for mechanical works, a category 3 project, under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016-17). The Circular (0055/2015) which accompanied the scheme and which may be accessed on my Department's website, states that schools should prioritise and identify the most urgent project for which funding is being sought. As the school prioritised the mechanical works for funding, it is not possible to consider further works under SWS (2016/17).

Valid SWS (2016-2017) applications from schools in respect of Categories 3 to 10 that were not reached under round one approvals announced on 28 April last, will, subject to 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 the Circular Letter, will continue to apply when allocating funding to such projects. The school's application for mechanical works is available to be considered in this context. It is open to the school, if it so decides, to make an application for the works referred to by the Deputy under a future Summer Works Scheme.