Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding be granted for urgent electric works at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67484/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the Climate Action Summer Works Scheme (CASWS) is to enable individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works on a devolved basis and, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The CASWS operates on a multi-annual basis across a number of categories of works such as Climate Action and Electrical works.

The department can confirm that an application under the CASWS has been received for the school in question. It should be noted that applications were assessed in accordance with availability of funding and involved a spread of categories rather than the traditional single category at a time. This is aimed at managing market capacity and maximising value for money opportunities for school authorities.

While the school in question was not selected for the first tranche of approvals that were announced, the CASWS operates on a multi-annual basis. Under this scheme, approved applications from schools that are not reached for funding or market prioritisation reasons (as above) in 2026 will qualify to be assessed for purposes of the funding available for climate action summer works in subsequent years.

Full details of the announcement and the list of approvals in the first tranche can be found at the below link: