Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We should never look a gift horse in the mouth. I would distinguish between the two. We have to go ahead with the solar element, but the Deputy’s point was well made, in that the repairs have to happen as well. The Minister is in discussions. Year on year, we now have the highest capital allocation to education as well as a growing population, but the school in question clearly needs emergency works. I will speak to the Minister about the matter. We have to keep going with the solar element, too.

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