Six new schools to provide work for over 1,000 [Independent.ie]
- Published: 03 June 2010
MORE than 1,000 construction jobs will be created as work gets under way on six state-of-the-art schools.
They will be built over the next 18 months under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.
But as Education Minster Mary Coughlan signed the contract, she admitted the regular school-building programme had been hit by delays.
She said spending on the 2010 €579m programme was behind target, partly because of planning issues and the bad winter weather.
However, the minister insisted the final outcome would not be as bad as last year when €79m of the school building budget was left unspent.
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