Ruane under fire over funding for Irish schools [newsletter.co.uk]
- Published: 28 July 2010
Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott questioned the education minister over her capital investment in Northern Ireland's 22 Irish language primary schools in an Assembly written question.
A total of 830 spaces were unfilled across the sector, according to the schools' census of October last year.
The Fermanagh and South Tyrone representative has concerns over spending on Irish language schools which he says has risen "five-fold in the last three years".
He said: "Given that 830 places remain empty within the Irish medium sector, I would question why the minister of education Caitriona Ruane is continuing to invest in the sector given the current fiscal constraints faced by the Northern Ireland Executive and her department.
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