Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

The decision on which major projects to advance is a decision of the Department and of the Minister and we have that in our five-year capital plan. The current five-year capital plan is very focused on demographic growth and the Minister plans a renewed capital plan for the next five years for the autumn, once the Government has in place an overall five-year capital investment programme. The decisions on what goes on that are a matter for the Department. I refer to the decisions on the mode of delivery, whether it is by public private partnerships, PPP, or is traditional whereby a design team is engaged by a school board of management, albeit in connection with the Department, whether it is arranged by or devolved to an ETB. The National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, also has done some traditional buildings for us, as have the local authorities and the Office of Public Works. There is a difference between the decision to go ahead and the decision on the manner of delivery. The ETB has no decision-making role with regard to what major school buildings are chosen.