Junior Minister Tony Killeen, T.D., said he has received confirmation today from the Department of Education and Science that the deadline for receipt of applications to the 2010 Summer Works Scheme has been extended for Clare schools affected by recent flooding.
“Following my representation to the Department regarding the difficulties experienced by some schools, Minister Batt O’Keeffe has informed me of his decision to extend the November 27th deadline for receipt of applications by two weeks”, explained the Clare T.D.
He added: “The purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works and water conservation measures which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school.”
“The capacity of schools to take responsibility for delivering small and medium-scale projects is a key component of the Summer Works Scheme and I am delighted that 29 primary schools and 10 post-primary schools across County Clare benefited this year. Nationally the Government has invested 610 million euro on the school building programme this year, the highest spend on school buildings in the history of the State”, Minister of State Killeen stated.
He noted that part of the 2010 Summer Works Scheme fund is being set aside to address water conservation issues in schools. “Specified measures have been identified by the Department for this purpose which, when implemented, should reduce schools’ day to day water usage and associated costs and contribute to the Government’s national targets of reducing carbon dioxide emissions”, Minister of State Killeen concluded.
Full details of the Summer Works Scheme are available from the Department of Education and Science website www.education.ie.
“Following my representation to the Department regarding the difficulties experienced by some schools, Minister Batt O’Keeffe has informed me of his decision to extend the November 27th deadline for receipt of applications by two weeks”, explained the Clare T.D.
He added: “The purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works and water conservation measures which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school.”
“The capacity of schools to take responsibility for delivering small and medium-scale projects is a key component of the Summer Works Scheme and I am delighted that 29 primary schools and 10 post-primary schools across County Clare benefited this year. Nationally the Government has invested 610 million euro on the school building programme this year, the highest spend on school buildings in the history of the State”, Minister of State Killeen stated.
He noted that part of the 2010 Summer Works Scheme fund is being set aside to address water conservation issues in schools. “Specified measures have been identified by the Department for this purpose which, when implemented, should reduce schools’ day to day water usage and associated costs and contribute to the Government’s national targets of reducing carbon dioxide emissions”, Minister of State Killeen concluded.
Full details of the Summer Works Scheme are available from the Department of Education and Science website www.education.ie.
