Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to have completed drafting a Bill to ensure that the two community national schools in County Dublin can operate under the patronage of the vocational education committees in view of the fact that there is no statutory basis for them to do so at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26677/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government has recently approved the scheme of the Education (Patronage) Bill 2009. The purpose of this Bill is to put in place a legal framework which will facilitate the involvement of Vocational Education Committees in the provision of primary education.

The scheme of Bill has been referred to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government which is the statutory authority charged with the drafting of Government legislation.

Pending enactment of the Bill, I as Minister for Education and Science, am acting for the interim period as Patron of Scoil Ghráinne and Scoil Choilm.