Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I will respond to Deputy Martin's point relating to the building regulations of 2014. One of the aspects of the programme level review the Department intends to undertake will be looking at the pre-BCAR and post-BCAR element. At this point we have erred on the side of caution and taken a precautionary approach with the external fencing that covers the Ashbourne projects and the Tallaght project, which are post-BCAR. It is only when we get into more detailed investigations that we will see whether there is more substance to any issues in those schools.

The Deputy also mentioned major projects such as extensions and PE halls. If they are of the scale that is a major project on our building programme they would have a clerk of works as well.