A chara, – In respect of school patronage surveys, Prof Eamonn Conway (Home News, January 22nd) is correct in his assertion that “a large majority of parents did not participate in the survey at all”.
As a parent who voted in the current Killarney survey, I was dismayed to learn from department officials that my vote would not be counted because it is my wife who is in receipt of child benefit. Only half of parents, those in receipt of child benefit, have a right to vote! – Is mise,