As a result of the deception of the people and the lies told by the Department of Education and Science through the Minister in the general election, there is a case for removing responsibility for school refurbishment and expansion from the Department. People no longer believe the Government because of its spoofing in advance of the election. There is a political as well as a public argument to be made for taking responsibility for this area from the Department of Education and Science and allocating it to an independent body which would monitor the 400 schools in question to ensure their refurbishment programmes are advanced over the next four years.