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violent action. As he entered the
Quadrangle Ă“ CuĂv was met by a group of fifty students, one of whom the Minister later accused of manhandling his secretary. Ă“ CuĂv stepped in and physically assailed at least one protester by the arms as himself and his assistants were blockaded against a wall. University security intervened and brought the Minister and his assistants to another door which they managed to successfully manoeuvre away from the baying crowd. A spokeswoman claimed that the crowd crushed the Minister's secretary against a wall and kicked her as one of the students set about "waving a big stick at her". A protester insisted that the demonstration had only become violent when Ă“ CuĂv became physically active. The protest was organised by
740:) before a mass protest of at least 10,000 people through Dublin on 6 December 2008. At a cost of €2 million, the Department of Education then readjusted some of the substitution teacher cuts called for by Lenihan in his budget. Under a deal agreed with the schools, each would receive substitution cover composed of a certain number of hours based upon the number of teachers absent on a particular day. Primary schools would receive substitute cover for teachers on uncertified sick leave after their first day of absence. Schools with more than one teacher absent would receive substitute cover for the second day of absence. Full cover would be provided in schools with two teachers or less.
756:. Under that agreement, Protestant secondary schools which had to provide a boarding element (and therefore charge fees) to provide education for the widespread but sparse Protestant population were treated in the same manner as "free" Roman Catholic schools. The Protestant community in return accepted that they could not expect the State to provide a "free" secondary school in every locality, and that they would have to pay a level of fees to educate their children. It was planned that Protestant churches through their administration of the grants provided by the department would ensure that those least able to pay fees are assisted to the greatest extent possible.
340:'s website on 15 October 2008. The site stated that the net weekly income limit for medical card eligibility would be €201.50 for a single person, €173.50 for a single person living with a family and €298 for a married couple. One day later, these eligibility levels were increased so that the income rate for a single person would be €240.30, the income rate for a married couple was increased to €480.60 per week, whilst the previously proposed rate of €173.50 for a single person living with a family was abolished.
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07:30 train were fully booked by the previous evening; ironically, many of the passengers were pensioners using their free travel passes also provided by the government. The pensioners also availed themselves of taxis offering free journeys to the over-70s especially for the protest. One elderly man clutched a banner heralding the invitation "Just shoot us, it would be quicker".
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reinstate cervical cancer vaccine" protest
Facebook attracting 8,000 members and unions also launching a campaign to bring back the vaccines. The opposition parties were silenced when they pointed out the unusual timing of the announcement, with Fine Gael accusing Harney of attempting to hide the decision which was announced on the same day as the
934:. Two other army barracks closed as of January 2009; Monaghan Barracks was the first to close on 22 January, with Connolly Barracks in Longford following suit on 29 January. Barracks expenditure had previously been discussed in the Dáil in 1983 and six barracks were sold in 1999 by the then Minister for Defence
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and FEE in the form of the NUIG societies of Labour Youth, Ă“gra Sinn FĂ©in, Young Greens and Young Fine Gael. Ă“ CuĂv was previously targeted by some of the same students who stormed and occupied his constituency office for over an hour less than a week prior to the university riot. On 2 February 2009,
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pulled the scheme just three months later due to a withdrawal of funding as a result of the government budget. She cited that there would not be enough money to fund her scheme even though it would only cost 0.07% of the HSE's annual €14billion budget. There was a public backlash, with a "Harney must
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Citizens Parliament on 22 October. This protest, dubbed "the grey army" by media reports included representatives from organisations such as
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for the protest rally, with a spokesman suggesting that the 06:30 and 07:30 trains from Cork were particularly busy. An extra train had to be commissioned from Cork at 08:20 to cope with the demand by pensioners for transport to reach Dublin in time for the demonstration. All five carriages on the
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Lenihan was to chair a function at the Institute but met with a blockade as students responded to the proposed barrier to their education by creating a physical barrier of their own against the Minister. On the evening of 12 November 2008, student campaign
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Lenihan expected the economy to decrease by 1.5% in 2009, as measured by GNP, with GDP contracting by 0.75%. He suggested that unemployment would increase to 7.3% but inflation would decrease to 2.5%. He suggested a budget deficit of 6.5% of GDP in 2009, (compared to the EU limit of 3%). Current
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became involved in a violent student demonstration which made national headlines. Ă“ CuĂv was on the campus for the official launch of a new €50 million engineering building in place of the
Minister for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe, who had pulled out over fears that he would be met with
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557:(leader of the Opposition) would not approve of this" and chanted a multitude of dialogues such as "no cutbacks, no fees, no Fianna Fáil TDs" and "education is a right not a privilege". TDs and senators waited at Leinster House to address the students upon their arrival included
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Minister for Education to grants previously available to the 21 Protestant denomination secondary schools which breached a 40-year-old agreement reached when free secondary education was introduced in the Republic by the then Minister for Education,
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December date to 14 October 2008. In a statement the government claimed that this was largely due to a decrease in the global economy.
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providing free medical, dental and optical treatment and medicines. The budget proposed to change this and introduced a means-tested system of benefits. The proposed income eligibility limits to be introduced for over seventies were published on the
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receive government funding for non-teaching staff, as the free Roman
Catholic schools do. Opposition to these cuts is being mounted by the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church as well as the schools and parents.
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followed the publication of the proposals. On 17 October, County Wicklow Deputy Joe Behan resigned his position citing his discomfort with the medical card changes and the proposals to increase school class sizes. He suggested that past
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812:. The farmers, members of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, demonstrated outside the Tullamore Court Hotel where Taoiseach Brian Cowen was attending a meeting with county councillors from around the country.
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introduced it to Dáil Éireann she was accused of "kicking the unemployed when they are down". An Opposition attempt to defeat the Bill due to "savage cuts" was again defeated, this time by 68–60. Labour Party spokesperson
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objected because of the Minister's intention "to bring in amendments on Committee Stage two days after the Bill's publication", to abolish the Combat Poverty Agency. Shortall also criticised a proposal to remove
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then threatened to withdraw his support for the government unless the plan to remove the overs 70s automatic right to a medical card was withdrawn completely.
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Campaign to resist cuts for Protestant schools intensifies
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973:"Ministers prepare for toughest budget in years"
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609:(FEE) attempted to blockade Minister of State,
253:A new levy of between 1% and 2% on all incomes.
2347:"Dáil Éireann – Volume 345 – 17 November 1983"
2065:"Govt planning 3% income levy on high earners"
1865:"3,000 students protest against fees in Sligo"
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1254:"Behan resigns in protest at Budget"
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1819:. BreakingNews.ie. 10 December 2008
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