Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be considered for an application for summer works scheme 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52996/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 10 application under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) from the school to which she refers.  

The current SWS is being applied on a multi-annual basis. I also wish to advise the Deputy that nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the scheme which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 to 6 are published on my Department's website www.education.ie. Almost €80 million has been approved to date under the SWS in respect of over 640 school projects in categories 1 - 6. The 2018 budgetary provision will allow my Department meet the costs of summer works projects already approved; the assessment of applications in the remaining Categories 7-10 is reliant on the availability of funding.