Liam Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail)

It has begun and we are delivering already. The slowdown in the expansion of the schools building and refurbishment programme is due to economic factors. Reality must prevail and we must cut our cloth to suit our measure. Given our overall economic position, the Minister and the Department have done very well to bring forward a programme that is expansionist but at a slower rate.

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