James Bannon (Fine Gael)

What is chiefly on their minds is the final straw, the attack on the very fabric of society, the essence of our heritage, the education system. The electorate was lied to with regard to the funding for education prior to the general election. We heard nothing about the 10% cut in the budget for primary schools, or about college registration fees being increased by 69%, or the proposed abolition of the third level grants scheme. A year later the people have shown up the Government's U-turns on spending and so on in the recent opinion poll.