Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I compliment Senator Keaveney on buying well into the chapter. I remind her that her Government talks about looking forward rather than back. What happened last year is eaten bread and is soon forgotten, despite how well it might have been received.

I welcome my old friend, the Minister for Education and Science, to the House. I support the Fine Gael motion and will use the opportunity it presents to remind the Minister of a conversation we had very many times about the school building programme before he took office.