Ms Cliodhna O'Neill:

Okay. The increase of €50 per pupil - I presume it is not a DEIS school - should be significant in a school that size. We would certainly be happy to talk to the principal and help the school with the FSSU to make sure it is getting the best value for all of its spend. That is really important. Across things like electricity, insurance and those other issues the Deputy mentioned, it is possible to make good savings. Many schools go to very good lengths to try to ensure they make savings, but we sometimes find that they have not managed to make the change that might be possible. We are very happy for the FSSU to help the school with its cash flow and investigate to see if there are changes that can be made.

I am going to bring in Mr. Boland on the ICT grants.

In relation to the programmes, it is sometimes useful for schools to look at the schoolbook grant and how that can be best used after schoolbooks have been purchased. Now, schools have a stock of books, particularly at primary level, that can be reused. That grant has been relatively consistent in terms of its amount, so it leaves an amount in many schools that can be used for classroom resources. After books and stationery have been provided, there is usually a residual amount that can be used. That is a new grant. Many schools have made use of that to good effect in providing good classroom resources. We have found that to be very useful for schools.