Sir, - Maxine Jones asked (November 11th) where to send the bill for child care incurred as a result of the day off school granted to children for the inauguration of President McAleese. This seems to imply that she views school as a sort of (unpaid) childcare substitute. This is unworthy of both the education system provided and of the historic occasion of the inauguration. - Yours, etc.,
From Siobhan McGee
LeVere Terrace, Dublin 6W.