Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided to schools in Limerick under the emergency works scheme for the period of 1 January 2023 to 1 October 2024, in tabular form. [45645/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies, or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for pupils with special needs. It does so by ensuring the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation.

An emergency is deemed to be a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment, which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action, and in the case of a school, if not corrected would prevent the school or part thereof from opening.

The EWS operates on the basis of a minimal scope works to address the emergency situation. The EWS in intended to remedy an emergency situation and usually provides only an interim measure until a permanent solution can be delivered.

The Department of Education, under the Emergency Works Scheme, have provided the following to schools in Limerick: