Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy on the use of mobile phones by teachers and pupils in primary schools. [40979/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the Education Act, 1998, individual school authorities are responsible for the day-to-day running of schools. It is a matter for each school authority to establish rules on what is and is not acceptable for students and teachers to do while on the school premises, provided that those rules are lawful, fair and reasonable.

The National Centre for Technology in Education, in its Advice Sheet for schools on mobile phones, recommends that the management of mobile phone use should be incorporated into the school's ICT plan and acceptable use policy.