Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I full accept that. I am just giving the committee context. In terms of the solar panel arrangements, we have been working through a lot of engagement with officials in that Department to consider the approach, strategy and business case. Much of that has been worked through. As I said earlier, I will attend a meeting with Department officials to work that through further once I leave this meeting. As a Department, we are very anxious to get that up and running. We are conscious that as a project, putting solar panels on an individual school is relatively straightforward. It is the work of a day or a day and a half on an individual school basis. The issues we are working through are around all of the practicalities that can arise and the different circumstances that can arise for individual schools that may have roof issues or things such as those. We are working that through and it is at an advanced stage.

The Senator asked about a school in Dublin 8. In terms of the provision multidenominational schools generally, we are working through a plan in respect of reconfiguration. There was a pilot in that regard, and it has worked its way through. We have learned some lessons from that pilot and will be following through with an action plan and a strategy around rolling out reconfiguration on a more general level. That is something we are anxious to ensure.