Budget Protest

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Thursday October 30, 2008 11:30 by Niall Smyth - People Before Profit Alliance (Dublin Central) & INTO 087 294 7100

Fianna Fail Constituency Offices

The People Before Profit Alliance (Dublin Central) have called a protest:

BUDGET PROTEST
Tell Fianna Fáil
We’ve had enough!

5.30 pm, Tuesday, 4 November

at the constituency office of
Bertie AhernTD & Cyprian Brady TD

St. Luke’s, 161 Lwr. Drumcondra Rd.

All welcome

THE DIRTY DOZEN EDUCATION CUTS by Fianna Fail/Greens Government:
– targeting the most vulnerable first
1. Increase class sizes in primary schools
2. Abolish substitute cover for teachers
3. Increase school transport charges
4. Axe English language teachers
5. Reduce funding to special needs children
6. Slash Traveller education funding
7. Cut teacher numbers by at least 1,000
8. Eliminate the free book scheme
9. Stop books for school libraries
10. Halt the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act
11. Abandon funding for school computers
12. Cut funding for primary school building by 5%

Please come along and join the protest over this budget and in particular the Education Cuts, listed above.