People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy told the Irish Mirror that there should be “no public funding to private schools”.
State funding worth over €130m being given to private schools has been branded “scandalous” amid calls for public funding to be cut.
READ MORE: Government says 'no conversation' has taken place regarding Garda Commissioner Drew Harris' future“Capital supports are also available to such schools totalling over €0.5 million in 2023,” she continued. As previously reported by the Irish Mirror, private schools received over €128m in funding from the State for the 2021/2022 academic year. State spending on private education between 2018 and July 2023 amounted to €588m.
In response to Mr Murphy’s parliamentary question, Minister Foley said it was not possible to predict what the cost to the State would be if subsidies were removed.
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