Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——to replace jobs and that we are dependent on the construction industry. The record will show that is what he said.

I am merely making the point that we are at a level of economic and social development that requires more investment. We will have a motorway system by the end of 2010, we will build more hospitals and we will be able to continue with the summer works scheme during the coming months now that the schools are closed and the teachers have gone on holidays. Remedial works will be carried out at more than 1,000 schools during the summer at a cost of €120 million. The latter is quite apart from the increased capital programme relating to first, second and third level institutions that is needed to modernise the education system. I could go on at length.