Shane McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)

——-or told untruths. Now that the general election is over the projects are no further advanced.

However, class size is an issue. The money spent on providing prefabs would be better spent on borrowing capital on which interest could be paid to provide proper school buildings in which pupils could be taught properly rather than having to go from prefab to prefab for classes.

If the people continue to follow the work Deputy Brian Hayes is doing, in four years they might recognise that the most important issue in the country is the education of our young people. While the money available is tight, the money that is being spent on prefabs would be better spent on the provision of proper school buildings.

I commend the motion to the House and hope the Fianna Fáil members representing County Meath, whose people have had a difficult time in this regard, will side with Fine Gael in voting on it.

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