Failure to spend school capital allocation a betrayal of children and workers [Labour.ie]
- Published: 08 October 2009
The revelation today that the Fianna Fail Education Minister Batt O'Keefe has spent little more than half of his 2009 budget for new school buildings and other capital projects is absolutely astounding.
There are compelling reasons, on a number of fronts as to why we should be spending this money on improving our school infrastructure. First and foremost, is the fact that thousands of children are being taught in prefabs classrooms or in buildings that are dilapidated, outdated and unsafe. These children deserve better and moreover in this year's budget were promised better.
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