Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy has accused me of putting out misinformation. When I took away this grant, the Protestant bishops agreed with me that they had €2 million in the education committee's coffers that was not spent and that was derived from this grant. In the interim period I asked them to use that money to defray any difficulties that exist and come back to me with a scheme that would look at the Dublin and general urban situation where money is more freely available to families with a view to targeting together those rural schools that are experiencing problems. That was last November and we are now in October, and I am still waiting for the Protestant community to come back with its observations.

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