Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I wish to thank Senator O'Rourke for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and to outline the current position of the Department of Education and Science in respect of St. Joseph's secondary school, Rochfordbridge, County Westmeath. Senator O'Rourke has outlined a wonderful story of development regarding this school.

At the outset I wish to state that modernising facilities in our 3,200 primary and 750 post-primary schools is not an easy task given the legacy of decades of under-investment in this area——