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TWO Clare schools have received funding under the CLAR Primary School Enhancement Scheme which will enable them develop outdoor recreational facilities.
Connolly N.S. in the parish of Kilmaley and Drumdigus N.S. in Gr rtiva ae Elerme-lermrseohiee! €7,500, enabling a total value of works amounting to €20,000 to be carried out.
Meanwhile, Gaelscoil Na Bhfili in Gort has received funding of €5,031 allowing for works totalling €6,/07 to be carried out. This brings the to- tal funding approved nationally un- der the Scheme to over €5.4million with 808 schools being assisted since pavers
Commenting on the CLAR Scheme, Clare Junior Minister Kil- leen said that hundreds of primary school children in Clare were now benefiting from new equipment and improved facilities.
“We all know that good play fa- cilities in schools are absolutely necessary, so I am delighted that the schoolchildren of Connolly and Kil- murry McMahon are going to benefit from this scheme.”
The Junior Environment and En- ergy Minister explained that the scheme had already brought sig- nificant improvements to outdoor play facilities at schools in Ballyea, Cloonanaha, Clondegad, Knockerra, Doonbeg, Baltard and Dangan N.S.
“The type of projects being funded at rural primary schools in CLAR
areas include cover grassing/tarmac- adam of play areas, the supply of goal posts, nets and basketball hoops, as well as other recreational facilities for outdoor play areas,’ he said.
Under the Primary School Outdoor Play Facilities Enhancement Scheme, CLAR and the Department of Edu- cation and Science fund 75 per cent of the cost, supplemented by a 25 per cent contribution from local sources up to a maximum of €10,000.
Expenditure in excess of €10,000 must be funded entirely from lo- cal sources. Under the CLAR pro- gramme, a further €lmillion is be- ing provided for the scheme by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, which match- es €lmillion from the Department of Education and Science.