Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to confirm and give the reassurance that funding will be provided for those 58 schools to continue construction this year. The Department of Education is running over budget at the moment for lots of good reasons, mostly beyond its control, including higher construction costs. The Ministers for Education, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform have been working together as recently as yesterday to try to bottom out what additional funding would be required. Additional funding will be required but I can give the reassurance to those schools that the delay is going to be a short one.

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