Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education
2018 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Purchase of Sites for School Provision
2019 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Management of the Schools Estate
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Eighty seven per cent is a high figure - it was over 90% a few years ago - for schools not owned by the Department. A decade ago, it was well over 90%. Mr. Loftus mentioned a charity. There is a school in Ballyroan that the parish has handed to the community. That is fantastic, but the parish could have done something else with it. There is a very progressive priest in the area, Fr. Paddy Byrne, and it has gone over to the local community for their use, which is fantastic. Mr. Loftus mentioned a charity. What way does that work? Is each school-----
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