Ms Colette Kavanagh:

We referred earlier to the establishment of the 16 education and training boards to replace the 33 education committees. We would imagine that would create substantial savings for the Department. We hope those savings would be used, perhaps, to reinstate the minor works grant or to defray the cuts in the capitation.

I am principal of a DEIS school. Without the DEIS grant our school could not survive. The schools that are not eligible for the DEIS grant are struggling more than I would be struggling in a DEIS school. The parents who are not eligible for the back to school allowance or for free school transport, the so-called "coping classes" are struggling. I would like that they should be kept in mind.