Irish Federation of University Teachers

IFUT has expressed dismay at the range and extent of cutbacks affecting education in Budget 2008.

The Minister for Education, Mr Batt O’Keefe, TD, has displayed a lack of understanding and failed to impress on the Minister for Finance the importance of adequately funding education to promote economic and social development, IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings said.

“Apart from the continued massive underfunding of the educational sector, the Budget reveals new evidence of the Minister’s lack of empathy with the sector.

“The anticipated massive increase in third-level registration fees, elimination of child benefit for students over 18 and the abolition of the Early Childhood Development Centre and Education Disadvantage Committee all point to a serious decline in educational opportunity for disadvantaged sectors of society.”

The IFUT Press Release is available in full here.

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