Liam Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail)

——I understand is working successfully in entrusting to local boards of management much of the initiative in regard to fast-tracking development. I will leave it to the Minister of State to expand on that if he has the opportunity.

On the issue of school building and school maintenance in general, one set of figures alone tells a major story. This year the Minister and the Minister of State have secured €540 million for school buildings, which is by far the largest allocation for school building in the history of the State. To give a gentle reminder to my colleagues opposite, that compares to €90 million when they were last in Government.