Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We have not pulled back from allowing Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board to proceed with arrangements relating to advancing school building projects as a result of this. Obviously, we are working closely with the board. Clearly, a matter as big as this has an impact on KWETB as a whole and on the head office in particular. The board has to manage through all these issues and deal with the Thorn report and the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General as well as supplying information for the Garda investigation. That has an impact on the capacity of the organisation. We have supported the organisation by allowing for additional staff at head office to engage with that. That is a challenging issue for any organisation to work its way through.

From our point of view it is a question of devolving projects to the education and training board or advancing with the currently devolved projects that have proceeded.