Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
In general, and as part of the range of reforms we have introduced in the planning and building unit over the last number of years, we have an increasing and stronger emphasis on engagement with patrons rather than individual schools and then letting it transact out between the patron and the individual school. The ETBs will be the patron. They are the school authority. They will be the client on the projects. As a general rule, I would see no reason our engagement would not be primarily focused towards the ETB rather than the multiple schools under the ambit of that ETB. I would see that as being more efficient and that is a message I can convey to my staff as well.
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