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Mon 12 Dec 2008Should State payments to fee-paying schools be ended?
HEAD TO HEAD:The €90 million made available each year to fee-paying schools means that parents who have to collect Tesco tokens for school computers are subsidising schools with private swimming pools, writes Kieran Allen. Halting the payment of capitation funds to fee-paying schools strikes a populist chord, but would create more problems than it would solve, writes Brian Hayes.
Kieran Allen: Yes
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