THE Department of Education has spent £5,148,382 on repairing schools in Fermanagh in the last five years, including £592,583 on St. Comhghall’s College in Lisnaskea and £401,361 on Devenish College in Enniskillen.

Education Minister John O’Dowd revealed the figures – amounting to over £1 million a year – in a written answer to West Tyrone MLA Tom Buchanan.

Minister O’Dowd detailed the total expenditure on maintenance and repairs in controlled, voluntary maintained and Irish medium schools in Fermanagh.

The figures also include maintenance bills for schools which do not exist, including the Duke of Westminster which closed over 10 years ago, the new Devenish College which has yet to be built and Lisnaskea High School which closed last year. The Board has spent £38,369 in the last year on repairing the school in Lisnaskea.

Total figures for repair bills over the last five years: Enniskillen Nursery School – £35,815 Aghadrumsee – £43,096 Ballinamallard PS – £49,557 Belleek PS -£23,949 Brookeborough PS – £3,331 Derrygonnelly PS – £31,187 Enniskillen Model PS – £108,464 Florencecourt PS – £36,401 Irvinestown PS – £76,970 Jones Memorial PS – £104,992 Kesh PS - £40,005 Lack PS – £115,629 Lisbellaw PS - £55,483 Lisbellaw PS – £1,180 Maguiresbridge PS – £31,393 Moat PS – £65,639 Newtownbutler PS – £69,471 Tempo No 1 PS – £55,235 Cornagague PS – £25,489 Killyhommon PS – £27,374 St. Patrick’s PS, Mullanskea – £86,443 St. Columban’s PS, Belcoo – £56,084 St. Davog’s PS (Belleek No 1) – £74,729 St. Eugene’s PS, Lisnaskea – £37,610 St. Joseph’s PS, Ederney - £119,182 St. Joseph’s PS, Lisnaskea – £38,096 St. Martin’s PS, Garrison – £28,886 St. Mary’s PS, Brookeborough – £36,020 St. Mary’s PS,Killesher - £18,026 St. Mary’s PS, M’bridge – 52,253 St. Mary’s PS, Mullymesker - £36,015 St. Mary’s PS, Newtownbutler - £117,643 St. Mary’s PS, Teemore - £71,613 St. Mary’s PS, Tempo No 2 – £80,425 St. Naile’s PS, Kinawley - £27,677 St. Ninnidh’s PS, Derrylin – £35,925 St. Patrick’s PS, Derrygonnelly – £55,258 St. Paul’s PS - £157,337 St. Ronan’s PS – £85,563 Tattygar PS – £38,746 Holy Trinity PS -£265,671 Duke of Westminster HS - £6,860 Enniskillen HS – £463 Lisnaskea HS - £154,637 Devenish College -Old - £401,361 Devenish College – New - £13,267 St Aidan’s HS – £239,881 St. Comhghall’s College, Lisnaskea – £592,583 St Eugene’s College, Rosslea – £118,851 St Fanchea’s College – £138,962 St Joseph’s College, Enniskillen – £247,273 St Mary’s Secondary, Brollagh - £85,747 St Mary’s Secondary, Irvinestown – £197,969 Collegiate GS - £240,099 Erne Special School – £114,378 Willowbridge School – £26,189