Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion
10:55 am
Dr. Ken Fennelly:
I have discussed this issue with the Church of Ireland bishops. They are very flexible. If a school wants to have no uniform and that is okay for them, that is fine. However, if a school wishes to have a uniform, that is also fine. The decision is one that is entirely up to those at local level. The patron would not impose a guidance in that sense. As Mr. Ferdia Kelly said, it is a decision for the local school but the Church of Ireland bishops are very flexible in that regard.
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