Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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I had to leave the room, and I apologise if this question was covered during my absence. In the course of his presentation, Fr. O'Connell outlined that a voluntary secondary school inexplicably continues to receive €90 less per pupil each year than a comparable community and comprehensive school and €212 per pupil less than a vocational school. Will he elaborate on that point and comment on the dynamic behind it?

In the past couple of days there has been media comment on fee-paying schools. There are 55 fee-paying schools nationally, 26 of which are denominational and any change would result in increased schools fees. Would that put pressure on some of those schools to opt into the public system?