Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Schools come under the capital programme. While, once a year, the team reports on the schools programme, it is separately handled by the Department of Education and Science. The dramatic increase in resources at primary, secondary and third levels is due to the increased population numbers. We are now at a stage where more projects are being developed in one year in primary and secondary level schools than was the case in any ten-year period in the history of the State. This shows the enormous increase in investment in these areas.

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