Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

If the cuts proceed, more people will end up in prison and on the streets and immense damage will be done to the social fabric of the country. I do not understand how the Minister does not choke on phrases such as "liberate through education" and "children first" when robbing the resources that are necessary to put children first. The Labour Party should be ashamed of itself. Those affected in DEIS schools should come out onto the streets on the 19th of this month and protest outside Leinster House to show their anger at the cuts.

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