Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I appreciate the fact that the Department of Education and Skills is under huge pressure because of demographics. Part of my concern is that, sometimes, avoiding spending money is not value for money in the long run. If the condition of a school gets worse, the sooner the problem is tackled, the better, and probably the less the cost will be in the long run. I do not know if Mr. Ó Foghlú has any sense of that situation and whether that dictates how the Department might release money in that regard.