Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the restoration of the summer works scheme, the €40 million allocated to it and the €28 million allocated to the minor works scheme. If my figures are correct, I estimated at budget time that this Minister has cut the education budget by almost €1 billion over the three budgets since this Government has been in power. While this announcement is welcome, as my own trade union, the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI, has said, it is to be hoped it is a return to providing the best possible resources for our children.

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