Labour urges outright ban on 'voluntary' school contributions

Voluntary contributions to schools are where parents pay towards various costs the school must incur outside of its funding.

Ireland must finally “break the link between money and education” that exacerbates “humiliation for children and families”, the Labour Party’s annual conference has heard.

Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, said so-called “voluntary contributions” to schools should be banned, because they have become anything but voluntary.