Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I agree the summer school scheme has been a good one. It was devised at the Cabinet table and is a practical response to the need to empower local boards of management to get on with work themselves rather than going through rigid departmental procedures that are time consuming if nothing else. A significant amount of remedial work in particular has been done under the summer works scheme. Literally, thousands——

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