Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

This is where a great difficulty arises because the control of the landbank in any area is now the responsibility of the councillors. They have a duty to the community to identify suitable sites for schools. That sometimes involves negotiations and discussions around the murky business of development, in which quite a large number of councillors in that area are not prepared to become involved. I am not suggesting that the land adjacent to the school should be rezoned, but there must be a proactive attitude towards these issues on the part of councillors. The Minister for Education and Science does not control the landbank in Lucan.