Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department provided to schools within Dublin 15 area for works carried out under emergency works scheme in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24278/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the deputy maybe aware, 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 intended to remedy an emergency situation and usually provides only an interim measure until a permanent solution can be delivered under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) which deals with upgrade works to the school.

Below is an outline of funding provided to schools in the Dublin 15 area for works carried out under the Emergency Works Scheme: