Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is not in receipt of a current application from the school in question, for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme.

The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.

At primary level, this situation generally arises to cater for a school’s accommodation requirements where an additional teaching post has been sanctioned by Teacher Allocation Section, or the requirement for a new class for pupils with special education needs has been identified by the NCSE, and all available alternative accommodation within the school is already being used for classroom purposes.

The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has no record of an application for emergency funding from the school in question. Should an application be received it will be assessed and the school authorities notified of the outcome without delay

It is also open to the school to use their minor works grant for upgrades to their existing school accommodation.

Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the temporary accommodation committed to a school (details supplied); the timeline for its handover to school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12954/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers was approved for a project under my Department's Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. While the project was devolved to the school authority for delivery, this programme draws on the Department's procurement frameworks which supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises assistance to the school authority for the delivery of the required accommodation.

The Project Manager has advsied that the project is practically completed and that inspections are currently being finalised for the imminent handover of the accommodation to the school authority.