I know that the Minister can work out a figure as easily as that. I am asking about schools which have been sanctioned for many years. In relation to the Donegal building programme generally and a Donegal school in particular, will the Minister state why he and his predecessor refused to meet a delegation from the Donegal Vocational Education Committee to discuss this but behind their backs he met the CEO and a Fine Gael councillor and had a political discussion about the same problem? They were furnished with a report which they brought back to the meeting of the vocational education committee and this created acrimony in the committee. This is relevant to the building of Donegal schools to which this question refers.

It is a separate matter and it deserves a separate question.

I should like to hear the Minister's comments on meeting a political deputation.

I am open to correction but I do not remember getting an application from the Donegal Vocational Education Committee to meet them. However, perhaps I am wrong about that. I certainly would not agree that I met any person on a political basis. The CEO of any vocational education committee is not a political person. I was asked to meet the CEO and the chairman or the vice-chairman of the VEC and I did that.

It was a purely political stunt. The Minister may not have been aware of what he walked into but he has done a great disservice to post-primary education in Donegal by this manoeuvering.

I do not accept that. I would ask the Deputy to accept that any chairman or vice-chairman of any VEC in the country and the CEOs are quite welcome to come to me.

The Minister and his predecessor were requested to meet a delegation from the same committee. I do not raise frivolous matters in this House. This is something of grave concern in relation to post primary education in Donegal. The building programme is in a mess at the moment. They wanted to discuss it with the Minister, to raise important matters. It was pointed out to them unequivocally that there would be no point served by their being received by the Minister. The Minister behind their backs received the CEO and a Fine Gael county councillor.

This issue is taking the form of a debate.

The Deputy is not in full possession of the facts or I presume is unintentionally misinterpreting them.

Was it the chairman or the vice-chairman? If it was the vice-chairman, did he have a request from the chairman that he should act on his behalf?

I do not remember. The Deputy is asking me something that is not related to this. This all happened a month or six weeks ago.