Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the impending closure of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the prospects of the future retention of teaching at this secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39050/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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On 12 October, 2006, the Trustees of this school announced that they would be phasing the closure of this school from September 2007. The school in question is a voluntary secondary school and the decision to withdraw as providers of Education is within the remit of the Patron body, that is the Sisters of Mercy. My Department is examining the implications of the phased closure with a view to ensuring that the educational needs of the children in the area continue to be met.