Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the committee note the Minister's suggestion that we bring in the Departments of Education and Skills and Transport, Tourism and Sport to give a hand with some of that funding? The committee should put it together here and support what the Minister has said.

I worry somewhat about councils contributing a top-up because some of them have a woeful amount to spend at the moment. The Minister might dispute that but some of them are a bit tight. Where schools are concerned, it is generally the field beside the school and outside where the bit of work is done. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has a fairly big budget and it should be able to share a bit of it.