I propose to take Questions Nos. 741 and 742 together.
Over 1,340 schools will benefit from the announcements I have made so far this year with regard to the school buildings and modernisation programme. Of these only 12, or 0.9%, are fee charging schools. School building projects, whether for fee charging schools or schools in the free education scheme, are selected for inclusion in the schools building and modernisation programme on the basis of priority of need using published criteria.
Of the €2 billion that has been invested in school buildings since 1999, only €14.5million, or 0.7%, was provided to fee charging second level schools for building and refurbishment works. Last year just over €970,000 in capital funding was given to fee paying schools. This represents 0.29% of total expenditure on school buildings in 2004.