Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Education and Skills

School Fees

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse open to a parent who paid a fee for books to a non-fee-paying primary school at the beginning of September and then subsequently removed the children from that school and put them in another but received no refund for the fees paid and no books; if the school is obliged to refund this money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35867/14]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Apart from the recognised fee-charging second level schools, recognised primary or post-primary schools are not permitted to charge school fees.

Recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme have teaching resources and other funding allocated to them on a different basis from those schools that charge fees. The continued eligibility for such funding arrangements is contingent on a school not requiring mandatory fees or payments from existing pupils or from those seeking admission to the school.

Certain charges may however be legitimately requested from pupils such as payment for school books or photocopied material provided by the school where the charge is reasonable and simply reflects the true costs concerned. The arrangements for the payment or refunding, where applicable, of any such legitimate charges are a matter between the school and the parents concerned.

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