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

The position is that capital will always be scarce when coming out of a recession, as we are. We are expanding our capital provision steadily, however. At the low point, capital provision for schools was under €350 million. It is now up to €540 million. That is a substantial increase, of over 50%, since 2012. For the period 2019 to 2021, a further €70 million is being provided for the average of those years. We are expanding, therefore. Some €875 million has been allocated for the five years beyond. We are making provision for a substantial ramp-up in the capital-----