John Whelan (Labour)

No. I simply want to draw the attention of the House to the matter because it is fair and good work. Others who seek confrontation and protest on the matter are leading people up a cul-de-sac or a boithrín at which there is no good.

With the permission of the Cathaoirleach I commend the efforts in the pipeline by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to resolve the scandal of the use of prefabs in primary schools throughout the country. Some 50,000 children attend school in prefabs. The amount of money being wasted on rented prefabs is nothing short of a scandal. I commend the Minister for the efforts he is making in this area and I look forward to a positive intervention by him in this regard in the near future.