Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his comments and I am broadly supportive of his suggested approach. I will raise the matter with the officials in my Department to investigate whether we can get information on any discrepancy between schools that are benefiting from this initiative, on the one hand, and those which are struggling to improve current schemes, on the other, with a view to achieving equality between schools. If I have more information, I can exercise discretion over the money.

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