Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate there are differences in the funding and models of funding among the different types of schools, but it would be erroneous to say ETB schools do not receive funding. Rather, it is a different type of funding scheme. Voluntary secondary schools receive capitation funding but it is a block grant that goes to ETBs, and they are given a high level of autonomy in the management and appropriation of that grant, so it is a very different type of funding. We are satisfied they are able to deal with and manage their priorities and needs within that funding.

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