Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Karen Mullan
SINN Féin Education spokesperson Karen Mullan has welcomed confirmation that Sure Start and Youth Service budgets will not be cut despite earlier warnings from department officials.
Speaking today, the Foyle MLA said: “The protection of the Sure Start and Youth Services budgets, along with the reversal of the school uniform cut, were three of our key priorities across a number of engagements with the Education Authority and departmental officials over recent weeks.
“We greatly welcomed the U-turn on the school uniforms.
“Now the department has also confirmed that Sure Start and Youth Services spending will not be cut after all.
“This news will come as a great relief to the thousands of families who benefit from Sure Start and Youth Services across the North.
“Of course, it is also a great relief for those employed within these services who have been facing a great deal of uncertainty ever since the Department indicated a number of weeks ago that the budgets were to be cut.”
