Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the presentation. I have no difficulty whatsoever with the EV regulations. I have one question with regard to the temporary school buildings, however. If I am right, the regulations talk about a period of five years. I am keen to understand why that period of five years is locked into the regulations. Obviously, none of us wants to stand in the way of the provision of much-needed educational facilities. However, we also know that there are long-standing problems with temporary buildings lasting much longer than the temporary emergency they were originally put there for. Perhaps the Minister of State could give us some reassurance that these are indeed temporary structures and explain why the five-year limit is there.