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.