Groups will continue reversal lobbying

TEACHERS, parents and other interested groups will continue to lobby for a reversal of education cutbacks in the coming weeks and months despite their failure to persuade government TDs to vote against them.

The attendance of 12,000 people at a protest against education cuts outside the Dáil on Wednesday night will be used as a reminder to the Government of public concern about the issue, regardless of its survival on the Labour Party motion on class sizes yesterday.

It is understood that a number of government backbenchers have already agreed to lobby Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe and other cabinet members on those concerns.