Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As articulated very clearly by the Minister for Education, Deputy McEntee, the Government is in favour of parental choice in respect of school choice. I have been a strong supporter of multidenominational education. Way back, I was involved in providing for the first time 100% grant aid. The Ranelagh school benefited from that decision. The late Mary O'Rourke was the game-changer in paving the way for multidenominational schools. There is parental choice across the board. We have different patrons and it is the policy to continue with a multi-patron approach to education, consulting with parents, and increasingly with students more generally, to make sure there is a diversity of provision in education, and that parental choice is prioritised.

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