Govt 'will review' funding for private schools [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 16 May 2011
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has confirmed the government will set up a review to examine the support the state gives to private schools.
Following reports that revealed fee-charging establishments received significant amounts for building grants from the government last year, Mr Quinn said he would review the system.
This will ensure that scarce resources are prioritised to ensure they go to those schools that are most in need of extra funding, he stated.
"We'll have to look at scarcity of resources, the ability of schools to raise money and the scale of disadvantage," the Irish Times reported him as saying.
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