Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Everyone up in the Press Gallery was flicking through the budget while the democratically elected Members of the Opposition did not have it. It was only after the Press Gallery had enough time to peruse it that Fianna Fáil then deemed it all right for the democratically elected Members to see it.

I will tell the Deputy something else. Despite the conditions in which the country finds itself and the fact that we are only beginning to come out of the worst recession in which the State has ever found itself, we will build 150 new schools. I saw one recently at a place I have passed every morning of my life which is quite near to my home. It is spectacular. We have done 120 major refurbishments and there will be another round announced next year. If the Deputy is looking for commitment to education, he will find it there.

I always smile when I hear what is always in Deputy Ellis's script. I know well it is the same script that will be given out tomorrow with a different name on the top of it. Spin, spin, spin is what Sinn Féin does extremely well.

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