26,000 at private schools at a cost of €100m to taxpayer [IrishTimes]
- Published: 20 April 2010
Parents are still able to pay €6,000-plus fees despite the recession
THE NEW enrolment figures for fee-paying schools will raise further questions about State support for private education.
Despite the recession, the figures show that huge numbers of parents are still able to pay expensive fees for over 26,000 pupils.
In all, private fee-paying schools enjoy a fee income of over €100 million per year.
Most fee-paying schools charge fees of over €6,000 per year, with boarding schools charging up to €16,000 per year.
In addition, they received over €100 million in support from the taxpayer in 2008/9.
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