Minister to audit private school spending [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 04 January 2012
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has announced he is to launch an investigation into how private schools are using the fees they receive.
A survey by the Irish Times revealed these establishments take in more than 120 million euros annually from parents, in addition to the 100 million euros in funding they receive from the state for teacher salaries.
Therefore, Mr Quinn authorised an audit in order to examine income and expenditure based on fee rates and the number of pupils at a facility.
"In this way the additional or discretionary income available to fee-charging schools relative to other schools can be assessed," he said.
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