Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make funding available to remove dangerous trees from school grounds, considering the damage that has been caused recently by Storm Éowyn many trees are damaged and potentially very dangerous. [7012/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies. 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.

It is open to any school, that considers it may have an issue that qualifies as an emergency, to make an application for EWS funding. To make an application schools must complete the online Emergency Works Application Form available through the Esinet system.