School building to be prioritised under new capital spending plans [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 10 November 2011
A major announcement of capital spending plans for the coming years has stated that investing in new schools is to be a priority of the government.
The Department of Education will receive a total of 440 million euros a year over the next five years, which is to be used to create an extra 80,000 new school places at primary and post-primary level.
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn said that while cuts would have to be made in the third-level sector to support this - with plans for a new campus for the Dublin Institute of Technology at Grangegorman to be put on hold - the priority must be ensuring the education system can cope with a rising birth rate.
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