Quinn to win Labour favour with private school cuts

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is expected to win favour with Labour party grassroots by cutting the €95 million State subsidy for private schools.

Quinn to win Labour favour with private school cuts

Ahead of the publication of an audit of fee-paying schools, junior minister Alan Kelly has strongly hinted that their funding will be cut in December’s budget.

He told RTÉ’s The Week in Politics that while a case can be made for funding religious minority schools, the overall sum given to private schools must be looked at.

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