Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With the cuts affecting primary schools over the past few years, and in light of an election which meant the minor works grants were paid last year, will those grants, which are issued in November and December and which are the heartbeat of the primary schools right around the country, be included in the budget this year? If they are not, it will basically leave schools around the country silent.

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