Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to install 3 phase electricity to a secondary school (details supplied). [14491/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the most appropriate funding stream for the works referred to is the Summer Works Scheme (SWS). The SWS is designed to allow post primary schools to carry out small and medium scale building works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings. This scheme is additional to other capital funding schemes that are operated by my Department such as the Additional Accommodation scheme and Emergency Works scheme i.e. for projects of such urgency that they would prevent some or all of the school from opening.

The current SWS is being applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. Nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the current SWS which reflects a very high demand.  We are therefore, unfortunately, not accepting further applications at this time.