Mr. Hubert Loftus:

There were about 50-odd projects that we dealt with nearly on an individual basis, in a sense. We could give them more information than we can readily give in a website update and that information set out a clear pathway for all those projects in terms of progressing through pre-qualification, tender and through to construction. Whitecross would be one of those projects along with St. Paul's in Monasterevin. They would have been given that individualised letter that would set out the pathway for that.

The list that we put up on the website is part of our ongoing efforts to improve information. Clearly there are issues in terms of improving communication generally for schools and for public representatives and that is what we will look at to see further improvements. We think it is useful to have in a single list all of the projects on a county-by-county basis setting out their current status and we will be looking to progress them as quickly as we can. On the budget side of things, I have already set out in terms of the 42 projects the fact that we are progressing the school building programme and the scale of the national development plan.

We monitor the budget closely. If, in any given year, we think there are pressure points and that additional funding will be required, we will engage with the Department of Public Expenditure on it. It is something to which we pay close attention.

Deputy Byrne mentioned that 575 projects are not going ahead. Those are applications for large-scale projects that are not yet on the capital programme.