Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. The statement was very strong. It is the case that a number of a schools are operating quite a skilful approach in a letter which appears to state that parents must register sons and daughters by a certain date and that there is a fee attached in a way that essentially blackmails or compels them to pay the money or where they feel compelled to pay the money. The way the Minister clarified it here can be of benefit to those parents who do not want to go along with that type of approach in these austere times.

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