Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Maynooth post-primary school currently has 1,300 pupils. It is a very successful school educationally from the point of view of inclusiveness and it is a unifying force within the town. The decision was made recently that its footprint was too small and it is to move to a new educational campus. The decision was made to create a second school - a community college - but also to change the ethos of the post-primary school from that of a multidenominational school to that of a Catholic school. Who has the power to make that decision? Is it the Department, the board of management, the VEC, the parents or a combination of these?

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