Written answers
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Department of Education and Skills
School Accommodation Provision
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the local community of a school (details supplied) in respect of the decision of his Department to refuse funding to provide linking corridors and a meeting and parent engagement room in the school; if the matter will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/18]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question submitted an application for capital funding to construct corridors and a meeting room.
The Deputy will be aware that my Department's current priority within the limited funding available, is the provision of essential classroom accommodation in areas where significant demographic need has been established to ensure that each child will have access to a physical school place. The Deputy will therefore appreciate that all applications for capital funding must be considered in the context of the existing challenging financial circumstances where funding must be prioritised for this purpose and to provide mainstream classroom accommodation where additional teachers are being appointed.
In the circumstances, my Department was not in a position to provide the funding sought and the position as outlined above was clarified to the school.
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