School building budget hit again [labour.ie]
- Published: 10 December 2009
The budget for the School Building Programme has been cut by €145 million since 2008. At the start of 2009, the government promised to spend €652 million on primary and secondary school buildings. Yesterday’s budget saw this fall to just €507 million. The Minister for Education and Science claims he will spend €579 million on new schools in 2010, but he is actually just including €72 million that he failed to spend in 2009. This is simply a cutback in disguise.
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