Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in this afternoon. I will try to make my questions as succinct as possible in order to get through as much as we can.

I will begin with the numbers in the accounts that relate to the rental of temporary school accommodation. I am sure everyone in the room could name a long list of schools in his or her area that have some sort of long-term temporary school accommodation. The list includes St. Patrick's Senior National School in Skerries, Rosmini Community School in Drumcondra and Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna in Knocklyon. My first question is relatively simple. Does the Department feel the taxpayer is getting good value for money from the increasing spend on temporary school accommodation?