Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I thank the Deputy. We are ensuring value for money where rented accommodation is concerned. This is part of a larger trend of increasing expenditure on capital as we try to put long-term capital solutions in place throughout the school sector at a time of huge growth. In the last eight or nine years the number of teachers has increased by 11,500. The amount of rented accommodation is about the same as it was ten or 12 years ago.