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Fri 03 Mar 2008Spending on education
THE ANNUAL round of teacher conferences this week was dominated by what the various teaching unions term the "funding crisis" in Irish education. For the first time, Minister for Education Mary Hanafin drew jeers and heckles as she sought to defend the Government's record.
Essentially, the Minister's message was that she was doing all she could to boost education spending despite the more difficult economic backdrop. She pointed out how her budget had reached a record €9.3 billion, an 8 per cent increase on last year.
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