Capital investment in education is to be cut by 4% at primary level, 10% at secondary level and a massive 29% at third level. When a Government starts to cut spending in education it cuts the legs from under one of the pillars on which the Celtic tiger was constructed. In previous times, when the economy was in bad shape, we prided ourselves on increasing expenditure in education. It paid a rich dividend. We gave people an opportunity to travel abroad and secure a decent living in the international marketplace.