Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join colleagues in welcoming the reversal of the cut to the special education grant that was announced last week. As my leader has observed, he does not know how one could reverse a cut that was not a cut, because it was not only the Minister for Education and Skills who stated there was no cut to the budget.

The Tánaiste repeated on a number of occasions in the Dáil last Thursday that there was no cut but obviously there was a cut. I welcome the fact that it has partially been reversed. I call on the Minister to finish the job now and to increase the budget for special needs assistants.