Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I return to the €20 million being spent on public relations for Transport 21. The Taoiseach tried to portray it as if €20 million is not being spent on it. My understanding is that over the period of that plan it is proposed to spend €20 million on telling the people about the great plans for Transport 21. I welcome what appears to be a reversal of policy here or a climb down, if one likes, when he said that no expenditure is allocated for the years from 2009 onwards. I would welcome him taking the money back from the public relations and putting it into the 20 school buildings that have fallen off the back end of the waiting list. I heard Deputy Quinn say here one night that the Department of Education and Science did not know how many prefabricated buildings were being used in schools in the country. Instead of telling people who are stuck in traffic about the €34 billion being spent on Transport 21, that money would be very welcome for school buildings. If that is what he is saying, I welcome it and I will support him in transferring money from public relations about Transport 21 into much needed school buildings, where children in some places are going to schools in converted toilets.

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