Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an announcement will be made regarding the summer works scheme for 2017; the amount of funding which will be available for the scheme; the priority and category of works which will be grant aided; if new applications can be made by schools for consideration for funding under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6984/17]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard 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. The current SWS was announced in late 2015 and is being applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. We are therefore not accepting further applications at this time. 

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.

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