Seanad debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2002
Education Funding: Motion
There does not seem to be any co-ordination between the relevant agencies. I called to all the local schools in my constituency during the general election campaign and saw some good schools that had been built and some bad ones. The Department of Education and Science should establish an agency to examine best practice in existing school buildings given the great variation around the country. I understand there are a number of agencies involved in this area, the Office of Public Works, the school buildings project and management units in the Department of Education and Science and some other agency. It would be more helpful if there was one agency which devised a blueprint for schools throughout the country. This would quicken the school building process and lead to the building of better schools.
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