87% of parents cut back in order to pay school voluntary contributions
b"St. Vincent de Paul has published a new report today that shows that families' finances are greatly impacted by school \\u201cvoluntary\\u201d charges. 87% of parents have had to cut back in order to pay for it. \\u202f \\n\\nPaul Crone, Director of The National Association of Principals and Deputies and Jen Hogan, author,\\xa0journalist with the Irish Times and Mum of seven spoke to Shane Coleman this morning on the show."