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:
It is the patron or trustee, which could be a diocesan trust or a general trust, that owns the school. Those trusts are typically set up as a charity and the objects of that charity would ultimately determine how sale proceeds and so on can be used. From the perspective of the Department and the Minister, we are looking at how we can ensure that where there is a need for a school, that a building that is sold will be retained as a school. That is the focus for us.