Future increases in school budgets should be linked to enforcing the voluntary nature of any contributions from families to running costs, Fianna Fáil’s education spokesman Thomas Byrne has said.

WITH just over three weeks to go before schools re-open, a Dublin mum of three has created an innovative fee collection system for schools — allowing parents to easily pay for an activity or event using text message, email or a dashboard if they don’t have a smartphone.

Labour Party TD Jan O’Sullivan has criticised the Government’s alleged plans to increase college registration fees to €1,300 from next year.

All worries about third level fees being reintroduced have now been calmed.

The Minister for Education is accusing the union of students of Ireland of not living in the real world when it comes to the issue of the re-introduction of third level fees.