Should Private School Salaries Be Government Subsidized?

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 9:37 a.m.

The state spent over 97 million on private school teacher wages last year, which is an increase of about €2 million on the previous year. Should the state support fee-paying schools in this way?  To discuss this Ciara was joined on the show this morning by  Arthur Godsil, Former Headmaster of St Andrews College, Dublin and Director of Godsil Education and Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, lecturer in psychology in Maynooth University . Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.