Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, but there is nothing new in the answer.

Where one is looking at all the initial set-up costs to establish or take over a school like this, the Minister of State will appreciate that €10,000 will not do it. There is also the ongoing cost.

I will be going back with my colleague, Senator Averil Power, to meet with Educate Together. We will assess the response and revert to the Minister of State with any further queries. There is nothing new in it. While I appreciate the Minister of State coming here and giving me that answer, we need to look at increasing the funding as best we can in what are, I grant, straitened times. I thank the Minister of State for his response.