Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Is the Minister aware that 97 schools in my constituency are either renting or have purchased prefabricated accommodation? Of those, four are paying out more than €500,000 per annum in rent. This is wasted money. The Department must take action without delay to progress the schools building programme. Would it be helpful in this regard if there were more Ministers of State? Is that the difficulty? There are currently three attached to the Department.

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