Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

Voluntary community or parish involvement in school support and management is a good development and preferable to a purely and exclusive State system of schooling which may be somewhat soulless. This does mean small contributions are likely to be required from parents, largely outside areas of social disadvantage. In many areas, parents who actively want to enhance facilities for their children are only too glad to participate in local fund-raising——

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