Grants review will worsen schools crisis, warns INTO

A DELAY in Government repair grants will worsen the schools building crisis, teachers have warned.

Education Minister Noel Dempsey announced a review of the €18 million Grant Scheme for Minor Works when he published the 2003 School Buildings Programme.

However, the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) was outraged to learn this week that most of the funding is to be witheld from schools until the review is completed later this year.