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

Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I will deal with the second aspect of the Deputy’s question first and then come back to divestment. Regarding new schools, the vast bulk of new schools are done through a patronage competition. Most of those are multi-denominational. It is not necessarily a competition per se, but it reflects the survey undertaken of the local parental community in respect of what sort of school provision is deemed desirable in the area. Typically, those schools are being established in buildings owned by the Minister. The school entity which is set up is a tenant in the pre-built schools.

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