Mr. Michael Hourihan:

It strikes me as a strange arrangement where State funding is provided for equipment, yet no funding is available to facilitate that equipment, or to develop buildings in the correct way that would facilitate the correct use of that equipment.

The equipment the Deputy is speaking about is very expensive machinery that we have in a small room. With a class of 16 apprentice students in that room, it is full. It is really not possible to deliver a class in there. It is a shame to have that equipment and public money tied up in facilities like that. It defies logic. I cannot understand how money can be provided for equipment and, on the other hand, we are expected to squeeze it into facilities that have existed for a long time.