Church and state finances are dependent on assets’ true value [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 28 October 2011
THE Department of Education has spent over €38 million buying school sites from organs of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The vast bulk of the trades (€29m) have taken place since 2000 and have involved diocesan authorities, parishes and religious orders.
The overall figure does not include another €2.9m worth of sites which were transferred to the department by the Sisters of Mercy as part of its contribution to the initial redress indemnity deal.
Figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 56 schools formerly run by either religious orders or diocesan authorities were sold to the state since the mid-1970s.
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