Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

It is important to emphasise that each parent has the right to go to court. Deputy Brian Hayes suggested recently that parents should go to the High Court. I would like to give some comparative figures in that context. The facilitation cost of a section 29 appeal is €500. The price of a full hearing is €1,000. If a parent opts for a judicial review, he or she would incur a cost of €50,000, as would the school.

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