Ireland AM is known for his funny moments, but the morning show also gets their fare share of politicians, with Tommy Bowe and Muireann O’Connell facing them with hard questions
It comes after Budget 2025 amounted to €8.3billion, with a focus on parents, families, those with disabilities and carers.
Read more: Where is Ireland AM's Sinead Desmond now? Career, life with family and result of court case She asked: “Why are we spending €9million on a mobile phone pouch, a magnetic pouch that parents could pay for themselves to stop kids on their mobile phones? I think it's a gimmick.” He added that there is also funding for 768 special education teachers and 1,600 special needs assistants from the new budget.He said: “Sorry... you're hoping to get those?”Tommy asked: “Where are you going to get them from?”
The Children’s Minister responded: “Well, look... there are labour shortage pressures across the economy. Absolutely. One of the things I've worked for in my department this year is increased…”“Well, we've been able to deliver substantial extra numbers of teachers and SNAs over each year of this,” Roderic stated.
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