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28th August 2018
09:26am BST

The charity has reported a 20 per cent rise in the numbers of calls to two of its offices around the country compared to this time last year.
It said it was expecting to receive 6,000 calls from parents by the end of the month.
"August is the busiest month for school costs in SVP and calls continue to come in this week from worried parents," SVP Social Policy Officer Marcella Stakem told RTÉ News.
"We know this time of year is stressful for most families as they try to meet the costs of uniforms, books and voluntary contributions, and that these costs bear most heavily on families with limited incomes."
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