Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are fundamentally committed to value for money. The Comptroller and Auditor General is there; the public accounts committee is there. This is part of our system of rigorously examining public expenditure. My point, in response to the Deputy's presentation, is the lack of balance in her presentation and the lack of any reference to some very significant projects that have been delivered. More than 330 school building projects were delivered in 2023 under the large scale and additional accommodation programmes. Under National Development Plan 2018-2023, we are looking at 1,200 school building projects completed. It is an enormous amount of construction-----

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