John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)

I ask them to put a measure on value for money against the education of a child. That is exactly what they are doing.

High quality education is the single most important building block if we are to find a base for economic recovery and avoid social breakdown. If the Members opposite continue on the path they are on and hitting the most vulnerable in society, social breakdown is exactly what they will get and much more to go with it.

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