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# voluntary contributions

Last year
2023
Over 250 parents contacted SVP every day last week about back-to-school costs
All time
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
Joseph A Moynihan
Poll: Should voluntary contributions to schools be scrapped?
Can schools link 'voluntary contributions' with schools tours and book schemes?
It now costs almost €800 to send a child to first year in secondary school
'Parents pay hundreds in voluntary contributions but don't know where the money is going'
Parents feel pressure to pay voluntary school contributions