Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

It stated:

The board of management of a school is responsible for acquiring temporary accommodation, including the procurement of prefabs. In practice, a rental contract is between the school's board of management and the supplying contractor.

The Department examines all applications for additional accommodation to determine whether it is necessary and we determine the level of funding sought by a school for a prefab. If satisfied that all adequate financial measures are in place, the information is placed on the schools' files, but we do not have the details of the individual contractual arrangements entered into by schools in a way that is readily accessible without going through each school's files. Due to the amount being spent on the capital programme and temporary accommodation, we are considering this matter.

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