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
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Coming back to who owns the schools, there is a divestment programme. It is moving slowly but one exists. What happens when schools are divested and there is a new patron? Does the charity change? Does it go back to the State? What happens when completely new schools are built and there is patronage? Who owns a school in that case? Is it the Minister for Education or is it the charity that owns it?