Desmond J. O'Malley
Ceist:333 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Education and Science when the rebuilding of eight classrooms, which were completely destroyed by fire on the 5 February 1997, at Crescent Comprehensive College, Dooradoyle, Limerick, will commence; the reason for the delay in the replacement of these classrooms which is causing great inconvenience in the school; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the costs of rebuilding have increased significantly due to the delay in starting the work; the reason his Department carries its own insurance on buildings of this kind, rather than normal insurance through a company in view of the fact that this arrangement leads to excessive delays and increases in costs; and the reason the building work was not done simultaneously with the construction of a new library and other work at the school which is now almost completed. [4669/98]
