Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There should also be a grant to replace inefficient appliances.

The announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills last week to increase the block grant to Protestant schools by €250,000 is little more than the politics of spin and shallowness. It does nothing to address the serious disadvantage faced by minority faith schools because of raising the pupil-teacher ratio and I call for this situation to change.