Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

Some 250,000 people have no English in this country and they are a significant drain on public services, such as health and education. We needed €10 million in that area but I see only a commitment of €3 million for adult literacy, which may have an ESOL component. That is very disappointing. The advice to separate literacy from English for speakers of other languages was not heeded.

I have no idea how much an increase in capitation has been given to primary and secondary schools. We know how many of our schools must fundraise to meet heat, lighting and insurance bills. It is impossible for me to comment on the capital programme because I do not see——