SDLP U Turn on Education Cuts
At a meeting of the Southern Education & Library Board Meeting Sinn Fein
Education
Board Member Brendan Lewis proposed that the 2pm Bus Service be
immediately
reinstated and this was seconded by Cllr Pat Mc Ginn. The SDLP
member
Pat Branningan voted against the proposal while Karen Mc Kevitt SDLP
who
had handed in a petition looking for an immediate reinstatement of the
bus
service in her local school abstained.
Commenting upon this
Brendan Lewis and Pat Mc Ginn said,
" It is now clear that the
SDLP opposition to cuts was a pre-election stunt
and post elections
they are back to supporting a status quo that is prepared
to facilitate
cuts to school jobs and school services.
Sinn Fein will not be
policing an inadequate budget set by the British
Government and the
SDLP should be ashamed of themselves for supporting such
cuts
especially children's bus services.
We have informed the SELB
that we will not support any cuts and we are
demanding that the
Government get real about education with a real budget to
support
education and learning".