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Mon 04 Apr 2007Labour plans €4.5bn school building programmeNew proposals to involve the National Development Finance Agency in securing an estimated 400 new schools at a cost of about €4.5 billion were launched by the Labour Party yesterday.The proposals were immediately criticised by Minister for Education Mary Hanafin, who said they would slow down school-building projects and waste money.