Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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I will not oppose the amendments but it relates fundamentally to the issue of school funding, the capitation and what schools are obliged to do with their money. It is all right for us to regulate what schools are allowed to do but it is incumbent on the Government to make sure they are funded properly and are able to do their business without recourse to parents. It should be front and centre of the legislative process. If we are going to stop schools doing one thing, we need to make sure the Government steps in, which it has failed to do in the past and has forced schools down other routes.