Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The vast bulk of schools are being provided through normal Exchequer funding. While I do not have the details in front of me, from memory Deputy Ruairí Quinn announced approximately 272 schools when he was Minister. We have built all but 99 and those are in train and will be provided under the capital plan. It is an enormous number of schools. Obviously, we have supplemented that with PPPs. The PPP model is an interesting one. I opened a school in Gorey in my own constituency and the level of finish at that PPP project involved a complete fit-out, right down to automated grass cutters and a caretaker. The teachers were amazed when they walked in.

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