Summer works scheme no substitute for investment in school buildings [anphoblacht.com]
- Published: 22 April 2010
Sinn FÉin Dáil spokesperson on education, Senator Pearse Doherty, welcomed Wednesday’s announcement by Minister Mary Coughlan of the summer works programme for summer 2010 but said that this is no substitute for full investment into new school buildings.
He demanded real and proper investment into a school buildings programme that allows for new schools and extensions to be constructed. “Such an investment would not only give much needed improvement to school buildings but would also create much needed employment, especially in areas such as Donegal, where unemployment continues to rise,” he said.
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