Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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I have a couple of questions. Mr. Crone spoke about the lack of availability of specialised rooms and teachers. A number of years ago, it was mostly vocational schools and technical schools that had woodwork and metalwork. Now, most secondary schools do construction studies, woodwork, metalwork and so on. Is the failure to have those specialised rooms and teachers down to investment in schools? In a conversation at this committee last week, witnesses spoke about specialised teachers not being available in Dublin because of the cost of living. They are going down the country or going west or whatever. Mr. Crone spoke about training centres in Limerick and Galway.