Get-tough policy slashes €14m from prefab bill [Independent.ie]
- Published: 24 September 2009
THE bill for renting prefabs for schools has been slashed by €14m this year. It follows a get-tough approach to the use of prefabs by schools, some of which were renting them for years on end.
If a prefab is needed for more than three years, the Department of Education and Science will offer a school a grant to buy it rather than rent it. Since the start of last year, the department has given permission to 514 schools to buy prefabs or build classrooms.
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