PE grant scheme - Disgracefully in adequate response

It was reasonable to expect that a jaundiced view would be taken by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) at an announcement by Education Minister Mary Hanafin in relation to physical education.

The minister released details of a sports grant, which was dropped by her predecessor Noel Dempsey three years ago against the advice of the union.

The announcement, made at last weekend’s Árd Fheis which was a rallying exercise for next year’s General Election, was in any case a derisory €6.5 million.