Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

In solidarity with the public, I wish to express my outright opposition to the attack on our children's education in primary and secondary schools in last week's budget. This is the most important area in which the country should be investing. Last week I sought an urgent debate with the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to discuss the education cuts and their effects on our children's learning outcomes. We have now received the details of these savage cuts and I wish to know when they will be addressed. Let me outline the detail of these cuts. As a nation we are facing——