Sinn Féin and Labour want to end State funding for fee-charging schools but Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael support current system
Sinn Féin and Labour want to end public funding but Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael support the current system
State funding for fee-charging schools is a source of political debate with Sinn Féin and Labour pledging to phase out grant aid for the sector in their recentA Department of Education spokesman said if parents of children in the fee-charging sector chose to send their children to the schools in the free education system, the State would have to fund those school places.Fees have jumped across many of Ireland’s private secondary schools.
“I’m not convinced these schools would close,” he said. “The reality is that many of them have vast financial resources available to them and could easily survive without public funding — we know that from previous studies.” The highest charges for day pupils are at Glenstal Abbey in Limerick, where fees for “day boarders” are €13,933. The next highest is St Columba’s College in Dublin 16 , followed by the King’s Hospital in Dublin 20 .
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