Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Select Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised)

5:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Until we are in a position to commit to funding a PE programme, the scheme will not be rolled out this year or next year. We will conduct an audit in advance of the programme being rolled out. The scheme is not on the immediate radar. Priority lies elsewhere at the moment. The scheme is being built into the ten-year programme. As I said to Deputy Thomas Byrne, we will consider prefabs and their replacement next year. We will consider that type of issue in terms of how we prioritise the programme as it is rolled out. When we are in a position to roll out the PE programme, we will seek to prioritise based on an audit of what is available.

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