Tanaiste warning over spending cuts [Herald.ie]
- Published: 06 April 2010
Tanaiste Mary Coughlan warned teachers of further painful cuts in her first major speech as Minister for Education.
Facing some heckles and booing at the Irish National Teachers' Organisation conference in Galway, Ms Coughlan insisted she too was angry about recent spending reductions.
But the Tanaiste told delegates the Government would have to commit less cash to public services for the foreseeable future.
"Believe me when I say that having to commit so much capital to our banking system at a time when we have to cut spending across government is something that angers me greatly, just as it does you," she said.
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