Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grants will be paid to primary schools in 2016. [34147/16]

Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant is being paid to primary schools; and if so, when payment will be made. [34296/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 164 together.

The normal practice is for the Minor Works Grant to be announced late in the year if funding permits. The issue of the Minor Works Grant 2016/2017 will be considered in the context of my Department's overall capital position later this year.