554 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the cuts to Protestant schools implemented in budget 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the space given to the Protestant community when the secondary school fees scheme was introduced in 1967 and the special position these schools occupy for members of the small and dispersed Protestant community here; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Protestant boarding schools play a vital role in ensuring that students from less advantaged backgrounds can avail of an education which reflects their ethos and that the cutbacks to these schools is discriminatory against a minority community as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/09]

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554 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the cuts to Protestant schools implemented in budget 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the space given to the Protestant community when the secondary school fees scheme was introduced in 1967 and the special position these schools occupy for members of the small and dispersed Protestant community here; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Protestant boarding schools play a vital role in ensuring that students from less advantaged backgrounds can avail of an education which reflects their ethos and that the cutbacks to these schools is discriminatory against a minority community as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/09]

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