Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is three weeks since the Government's latest mismanagement of the State’s finances resulted in the halting of 58 schools building projects. Yesterday I received a pathetic reply to a simple question to the Minister for Education that asked her to list the projects and the costs. She could not or would not do it. Why the secrecy? Why not tell the people what the Government has done? I know it should be ashamed but what is it trying to hide from the Opposition on this?

The reality on the ground in County Donegal is that these knee-jerk and badly thought-out delays are going to cost a fortune. For example, the Gaelscoil in Donegal town has been told to stop after having appointed a clerk of works and a contractor with shovels about to go into the ground. If the delay continues, the contracted price will wither and the school will be faced with re-tendering in an inflation-driven market. You could not make this farce up. Parents, teachers and children in Donegal want to know when this project will be sorted-----

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