Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Parents are acting now because two secondary schools in Dublin West have, for some mystifying reason, been appointed to religious patrons. It has happened with Le Chéile Secondary School in Tyrrellstown, the most multi-ethnic part of the country, and with the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, a religious group that has not even paid its full reparations to this State. Even if the Edmund Rice Schools Trust is co-educational, it is still religious-based. The catchment area does not extend to where this particular demand is and parents are asking for it to be done.

Can the Minister comment further on Cabra community college? Many people agree that it is a serious option for the Government to develop. It is a co-educational school and non-religious based but it is very small currently and it only began to do the leaving certificate quite recently. It would need a huge upgrade and investment but parents are asking about it. The principal is very open to it as well so will the Minister investigate the option?

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