Averil Power (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question is for the Department about the issue of clustering. Does the system as it is facilitate that for a group of schools? I realise the Department is open to the idea that there would be a principal across three or four small rural schools, rather than a teaching principal in each one. Can something like that be done under the current structures or would it require change?

With regard to the ETBs, when we were debating the legislation on ETBs there was a great deal of discussion about how they could provide many support services for schools, in terms of back office functions, IT support, procurement and so forth. What is the position in terms of making that a reality?