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BUDGET 2013 signified trouble for anybody involved in further education in Ireland, as the Government announced that it was planning on cutting staff numbers at both further education and post-Leaving Certificate courses (FE/PLC). According to the newest reports, if the planned cuts from the Government are implemented, Dublin will lose up 100 teachers involved in these courses, and it will greatly increase the inequality in the pupil-teacher ratio in Ireland. The pupil-teacher ratio in these courses currently stands at 17:1 on average, and this is expected to increase by two whole points to 19:1. It could result in 500 non-permanent teaching positions being lost on a nationwide scale by the end of this year. Fianna Fáil group leader on Dublin City Council Mary Fitzpatrick has blasted the proposed cuts, labelling them as a “disgraceful attack on the unemployed and disadvantaged learners”. Cllr Fitzpatrick has claimed that Fine Gael and Labour have shown little to no concern for some of the most disadvantaged in society with this move, and have even shot down proposals for further funding VECs and PLCs. “48 whole-time-equivalent posts are being lost very soon across Dublin city and a further 20 in Dublin County. Given that many such posts are filled with non-permanent specialised teachers on short-term contracts
the loss in teacher numbers in the capital is totally disproportionate with Dublin set to lose over 100 teachers,” said Cllr Fitzpatrick. She continued on by stating: “The latest statistics show there are over 100,000 people on the Live Register in Dublin, almost 16,000 of who are under 25. These people are looking for work opportunities at home, and the specialised courses and training offered by our institutes of further education provide much needed opportunities.” President of the Teacher’s Union of Ireland Gerard Craughwell has also expressed extreme disappointment in these Government measures, noting that an acceptable level of quality education cannot be maintained if these cuts are continually implemented. “It is time for Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to realise he cannot expect FE/PLC teachers to continue to design and deliver innovative, specialised courses while he decimates the sector and further demoralises young teachers. This budget measure is counter-productive. It will lead to further educational inequality and societal division. Now is the time for all who seek quality and diversity in education and equity in society to make it clear that this is an intolerable cutback which the minister and Government simply must revisit,” said Craughwell.