The allocation for primary and post-primary buildings in 2002 is in excess of €335 million, which is a record level of funding and demonstrates this Government's commitment to improving accommodation in primary and post-primary schools. This is almost four times the previous Government's investment in 1997.
Due to the greatly increased level of activity for school buildings since this Government came into office, there has been a substantial increase in the number of major and minor building projects in construction and this has given rise to a record level of building and refurbishment activity.