Coughlan has no plans for guidelines on uniforms

EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has said she has no plans to issue guidelines or direct schools to make uniforms less expensive despite the pressures on some families to meet the costs.

However, the Consumers Association of Ireland (CAI) has called on her department to take a more active role in discouraging policies that make some schools’ uniforms far more expensive than those in others.

The Tánaiste said school uniforms, just like other policy areas, remain the responsibility of those running the country’s 4,000 primary and second-level schools.