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Opposition parties criticise Bord Snip recommendations
Jul 16th
Opposition parties have given a mixed reaction to the contents of the Bord Snip Nua report, which recommends around €5.3 billion worth of public spending cuts.
Fine Gael’s Richard Bruton broadly welcomed the report, but said it wasn’t perfect.
“The notion that you would seek to charge the most vulnerable people for their medicines is something that will shock people,” Mr Bruton said, in reference to the board’s controversial recommendation to introduce a €5 charge for those previously receiving free prescriptions.
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said the report was written by people who have no experience of poverty
His view was echoed by Sinn Fein TD Aengus O’Snodaigh, who said the Government and the author of the report, Colm McCarthy, are out of touch with reality.
Update:
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has appealed to the public to avoid “knee-jerk and defensive reactions” after the publication of today’s report by An Bord Snip Nua.
The report, which lays out recommendation for one of the biggest planned cutbacks in the history of the State, urges 17,300 public sector lay-offs and has already drawn threats of a painful strike by public workers.
Useful Links
Jun 7th
www.hea.ie - Higher Education Authority -Information on Higher Education and research in Ireland. Includes links to universities and other colleges, European programmes such as Erasmus and Tempus.
www.hetac.ie - Higher Education and Training Awards Council - HETAC awards qualifications at all levels of higher education and training up to PhD level.
HETAC’s main functions include:
Setting standards for higher education and training awards
Validation of higher education and training programmes
Monitoring of institutional quality assurance procedures
Delegation of awarding powers to recognised institutions
Ensuring that student assessment procedures are fair and consistent
Ensuring that arrangements are in place in commercial education and training institutions to protect learners where programmes validated by HETAC cease to be provided.
www.fetac.ie - FETAC - Further Education and Training Awards Council - is the national awarding body for further education and training in Ireland.
www.nqai.ie – The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland is the Irish centre for the recognition of international qualifications, known at Qualifications Recognition – Ireland.
www.dfes.co.uk – If your going to the UK to study this site has information about financial assistance for fees.
www.studentfinance.ie - This website is a convenient and user-friendly source of information on financial support for further and higher education.
www.cao.ie – Central Applications Office - The higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland have delegated to CAO the task of processing centrally applications to their first year undergraduate courses.
www.qualifax.ie - QualifaX is Ireland’s National Learners’ Database. It is the “one stop shop” for learners. We provide the most comprehensive information on further and higher education and training courses.