Vol. 551 No. 2
516 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science when his Department will issue the letter of sanction to Gaelscoil Charman, Wexford town, to enable it to tender for a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/02]
The allocation for primary buildings in 2002 is €153.6 million, which is a record level of funding and demonstrates this Government's commitment to improving accommodation in primary schools. This is almost four times the previous Government's investment in 1997.
Due to the greatly increased level of activity in the primary buildings area since the 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.
