ASTI: Changing status of fee-paying schools could cost State €40m a year

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland is claiming that if every fee-paying school went non-fee, the State would be forced to fork out an extra €30m to €40m a year to fund them.

Over the weekend, Minister of State Alan Kelly called for the amount of Government support to private schools to be revisited as part of plans to cut €77m from the education budget.