Where is Education in Budget 2007?
7 Dec 2006 10:43 AM
Reacting to Budget 2007, Berni Brady, Director of AONTAS, said: "It seems extraordinary to me that adult education was not even named in Minister Cowen's speech. Education, overall, seems to have received scant regard, with only a few references made to it in the entire speech. This is really surprising, given €7.9 billion of taxpayers' money will be spent on education next year."
"While the Book of Estimates, published in November, included some welcome initiatives for adult education, we were truly surprised that the Minister didn't even see fit to mention our sector in his speech yesterday. We can only hope that this oversight will not be repeated and that the new National Development Plan will pay adult education the attention it deserves."
