Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to update the rules for national schools to incorporate the changes in Irish education that have taken place since the rules for national schools were last published 40 years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10176/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The rules for national schools were last published in 1965. Amendments, which have been made in the meantime, have been notified to the relevant school authorities by circular letters issued by the Department of Education and Science. The Department has been considering the matter of preparing a revised version of the rules. However, because of other more pressing and urgent work which requires to be undertaken, it has not been possible to prioritise the preparation of revised rules.