Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

There will be a major building programme next year. I expect that my capital programme will be very extensive, but I cannot say exactly how extensive because we have not completed the Estimates. I am satisfied that I will get very good value and that I will continue to build more and more schools and classrooms.

We have geophysical information on where there will be greatest need for additional classroom space. There are 42 locations identified, and I will publish those when we have completed our programme. Developing areas got about one third of the total provision in previous years, and as a representative, I would be very conscious that it cannot be concentrated in the one area.

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