The INTO regularly refers to "rat or mice infested primary schools". Rodent problems, as they would in any domestic, industrial or commercial setting, are more likely to arise if pest control policies are inadequate and where there is a poor maintenance regime. The most structurally sound buildings can suffer rodent infestation. It does not follow that rodent infestation, where it occurs, requires the construction of a new building or that dealing with such a problem must await construction of a new building. It may be colourful and headline grabbing to make such references, but the responsibility for dealing with such problems rests with local school management, which we provide with annual funding for this purpose, over which it has total discretion.