Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of subscriptions paid by schools to the National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals; if schools pay their annual subscription from State funds; and the detail of this funding stream or if it is paid from voluntary contributions made by parents. [54804/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) is a recognised representative body for Principals and Deputy Principals at post-primary level. It is therefore permissible for a school to pay a subscription fee to it from state funds. However, any such decision is at the discretion of the board of management of each individual school. Given that such matters are dealt with at individual school level, the detail in relation to such payments is not available within my Department.