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Budget decision to exclude secondary schools is baffling<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The families of second level students have been abandoned by the Government in today\u2019s budget, according to Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon TD.<\/p>\n

Deputy Gannon, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on Education, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is frankly baffling to see the exclusion of second level students from the measures announced in Budget 2023. The reality is that the cost of sending a child to secondary school is generally much higher than the expense of attending primary school.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents are often required to purchase expensive iPads or other digital devices, in addition to having to pay for insurance, school trips abroad and so-called voluntary donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven those students using traditional schoolbooks often have to buy new editions every year. This removes the option of purchasing them second-hand, passing them on to siblings or availing of book rental schemes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also unfair that the families of sixth year students who have turned 18 also must pay for books without receiving any child benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the announcement of free schoolbooks for primary school children is welcome, it will come too late for parents who have already bought books for this term. The cost-of-living crisis is now, not next September.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Social Democrats\u2019 alternative budget, we proposed a range of measures to make education in Ireland genuinely free. We estimate it would cost an extra \u20ac113m and \u20ac140m in primary and second level schools respectively, representing just a 2 percent increase on the overall \u20ac12bn education budget for 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cBudget 2023 falls well short of achieving that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

September 27, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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