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Mon 05 May 2009Govt 'not ready' for free pre-school
The Government has made no effort to cushion children from the impact of the recession and is completely unprepared for the introduction of universal pre-school education next year, the Labour Party claimed today.
Announcing details of its new children's manifesto in Dublin this afternoon, the Labour Party's leader Eamon Gilmore said he believed that Fianna Fáil's late conversion to universal pre-school education was more to do with saving money than creating a high quality school system for children.
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