Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The school to which the Deputy refers is a non-designated community college under the patronage of the local education and training board, as the VECs are now known. Non-designated community colleges have a multidenominational ethos and cater for pupils of all faiths and belief systems.

The Department is not in receipt of any application from the patron to change either the patronage or the ethos of this school. I understand that while the school historically had the services of a Catholic chaplain provided by the Archdiocese of Dublin, this has not been the case in recent years.

I also understand that the faith background of pupils will not be a factor in any way under the enrolment policies being developed for this school and the new post-primary school being commenced in the area in question.

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