'Half of remote area grants' going to parents at exclusive girls school [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 26 October 2011
Half of the funding allocated by the government as part of the remote area boarding grant is going to parents of students attending a single school for girls, it has been claimed.
According to the Irish Examiner, most of the 142 pupils at Colaiste Ide - an all-Irish boarding school in Co Kerry - are eligible for the assistance, which is not means tested and can offer as much as 5,000 euros per student.
The Department of Education states: "The purpose of the scheme is to give pupils who are educationally disadvantaged because of their remoteness from schools an opportunity to attend school on the same basis."
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