Seanad debates

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

2:30 pm

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

I urge my colleagues on the other side of the House to look at the list. I believe the Minister is due to visit the House in April. There is a great deal in his grand master plan, and I welcome much of it because any school that requires a building should get it. However, the Minister should state that it is actually a reduction of €400 million in the capital programme, and a reduction of €600 million if one annualises the amount. It is a reduction in investment in our schools. Perhaps the Leader and some of the educationalists in the House can tell how many of the schools on the list are already built. Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House specifically to discuss the school building programme, so we can get to the bottom of this?

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