Government must to do more to help parents meet the cost of school uniforms – Crowe [sinnfein.ie]
- Published: 21 July 2011
Sinn Féin’s education spokesperson Sean Crowe has urged the government to fastrack measures to help parents pay for school uniforms.
At a meeting this week of the Education and Skill’s Committee, the Dublin South West TD urged education minister Ruairí Quinn TD, to introduce measures to help with the spiralling cost of sending a child to school.
He continued:
“This is a crisis that is hitting many families hard as they struggle to make ends meet.
“A recent a survey of 1,000 people by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) found that on average, €400 will be spent annually on each child attending school. This outrageous figure, combined with additional expenses such as books and voluntary contributions to schools, is proving impossible for more parents to meet.
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