Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the details of the 2017 summer works programme grant recipients to be published; the categories of works he expects to be covered in 2017; the amount of grant aid available; the way in which this compares with 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3435/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced in April last and are published on my Department’s website www.education.ie.

Assessment of valid projects in further categories is now being undertaken by my Department, subject to the overall availability of funding, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the scheme as outlined in Circular Letter (0055/2015), which may be accessed on my Department's website. I expect to be in a position to announce a further round of the SWS in due course.

As the assessment process is currently underway it is not possible to indicate at this time the categories of works that the Department expects to grant aid.  In that regard it is anticipated that the level of allocation for this round will be similar to the previous round in 2016, i.e. in the region of €30 million.