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Parents of primary school pupils now collecting cans to fund schools

Summary by Extra.ie
Primary schools across the country have become reliant on the Deposit Return Scheme to raise money to ‘keep the lights on’. Parents are increasingly being asked to chip in through fundraisers to make up shortfalls in capital grants, which are used for day-to-day running expenses, including heating and insurance. While the grants are set to rise from €200 per child to €224, teaching unions have said they are at 2007 levels. As a result, parents a…
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Extra.ie broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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