Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 594: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the vital contribution chaplains make in second level schools; the reason her Department remunerates chaplains in community schools and colleges but does not remunerate full-time chaplains employed in voluntary schools; if her Department will consider a more equitable basis to finance chaplains in all post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Ex-quota chaplain posts are allocated in respect of Community and Comprehensive Schools and designated Community Colleges. The relevant religious authorities have raised the matter of extending State support for chaplaincy provision and this has been one of a number of related matters covered in broad ranging discussions with my Department. However, the allocation of such posts must be considered in the context of priority needs and available resources.