Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 19 October 2023, if she will arrange for staff at the building unit at the Department to meet persons on a matter (details supplied) relating to the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51261/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As has been previously advised, the school to which you refer applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) to carry out roof works to the school building. The works were deemed to be extensive and outside the scope of the emergency works scheme and the application was refused in that context.

However to assist the school address the problems in the interim the school have been advised to appoint a Roof Detection Leaks specialist to identify the leaks within the existing roof and once the leaks have been detected, the necessary repairs can be carried though the EWS until a more permanent solution can be carried out under the Summer Works Scheme. The leak detection test will be funded under the EWS

The EWS has limited funding which is made available in emergency situations and is limited to a minimum scope of works to address the emergency situation as an interim solution. It is then open to the school to make an application under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) for further and more extensive works to address the long term issues.