Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vacant buildings will be refurbished and retrofitted in order that they can be used by a school (details supplied) to provide extra space and classrooms in order that social distancing can be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22214/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The measures to be put in place in individual schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy, to address requirements arising from the COVID-19 pandemic are a matter for the school authorities. The school under reference has access to minor works funding, as part of a new minor works grant totalling €42 million for the post-primary sector to assist with reopening. It is for the school authorities to determine how this funding is deployed.