Seanad debates

Wednesday, 11 December 2002

The Minister of State must take responsibility for this on behalf of the previous Minister, Deputy Woods, who made these commitments to aspiring Deputies in the 42 Dáil consitutentices. As Senator Ulick Burke correctly pointed out, this is not an isolated case. This happened in a systematic political campaign where the most marginal constituencies were highlighted by the former Government as the constituencies to be delivered on in terms of the refurbishment programme. We are left in the appalling position where those of us on this side of the House must highlight the deception that took place and urge the Government to proceed in terms of delivering the best possible programme for these schools. What is the way forward? In terms of the new economic circumstances the Government faces, it is time that, once and for all, we should deal with the 400 schools on that list.

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