Budget has gone after soft targets: The young and vulnerable

The principals of 12 Cork primary schools — all in the Department of Education’s DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) disadvantage scheme — have written the following letter to local TDs to highlight how Budget 2012 will affect them and their pupils:

We are afraid that people do not realise how severe the latest cuts are.

The headline on education.ie tells us ‘Minister Quinn Prioritises Frontline Services on Education’.