The news follows a meeting between senior officials and David McNarry,the education spokesman for the Ulster Unionist Party, about 25.7m of cutbacks to Northern Ireland's education budget.
McNarry told Children Now that although a reduction in the level of thebudget cut was expected, officials told him the reduction was unlikelyto be enough to stop cutbacks in teaching assistants, school busservices and the quality of school meals.
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