John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Senator for giving me this opportunity of outlining to the House the position of the Department of Education and Science on the proposal for the construction of a sports hall under the drugs task force initiative and the proposed refurbishment and roof repairs for Palmerstown community school.

The 2003 school building programme is on the Department's website and is designed to give the maximum amount of information concerning the schools capital investment programme to managers, boards of management, principals, parents, students and all other interested parties. The criteria used for selecting projects was also published for the first time.