Sir, - I am delighted to see that we will have an 11 per cent increase in education spending. Last year education spending rose by 12 per cent to £3.5 billion and capital expenditure rose by 18 per cent. These are impressive figures.
Perhaps, then, the Minister might explain why a school in the north inner city lost a teacher because it was one pupil short on September 30th, 2001?
Since the cut it has gained two new pupils.
It's time to stop conning the people with figures and statistics and deal with the real issues. - Yours, etc.,
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Finian McGrath, Charlemont, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.