Independent Councillor Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig has slammed the government for what he described as a “lotto approach” to funding schools in Donegal.
The councillor was responding to news that 18 schools in Donegal are to receive free meals after missing out on DEIS funding.
The councillor said that the government has just “picked schools at random when it selects which schools gets funding and which don’t.”
“There are many schools that receive no DEIS or no funding while facing the same disadvantages as other schools. It’s total inequality on the government’s behalf.
“Our schools are facing daily challenges to heat and maintain themselves and are relying on local funding to keep them afloat.”
