Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Education and Science
School Catchment Areas
9:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the present school catchment area boundaries are in many cases archaic and giving rise to injustice; and the time-frame in these circumstances for the completion of a review thereof. [28221/07]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Catchment boundaries have their origins in the establishment of free post-primary education in the late 1960s and were determined following consultation with local educational interests. For planning purposes the country was divided into geographic districts each with several primary schools feeding into a post-primary centre with one or more post-primary schools. The intention was that these defined districts would facilitate the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs. The Programme for Government provides for a review of the school transport scheme, including catchment boundaries, to be carried out. My Department is currently considering how this review should best be undertaken.
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