Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a chairperson of a school board of management may refuse to give names of the other board members to a parent. [17643/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The Act requires that in carrying out its functions, the Board shall, inter alia, have regard to the public interest in the affairs of the school and accountability to students, their parents, the patron, staff and the community served by the school. Accordingly, the names of the individual members of a Board of Management should be available to parents or any other members of the school community.