Outrage at Church’s decision to ask schools for pupil funding [wexfordecho.ie]
- Published: 03 June 2010
HEAD OF the Irish Primary Principals’ Network and principal of Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts, Pat Goff has said it is ironic that the Church is asking for schools to pay contributions to pupils’ education, now that the institution is in grave financial difficulty.
Nationally Catholic primary schools are furious after being hit with a new €2 million-per-year demand for money from the church.
Cash-strapped principals say that, instead of the Church subsidising them, they are now being asked to subsidise the Church.
The new request for cash has come from the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA).
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