Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills with regard to admissions policies of community colleges, if these admissions policies have to be agreed or approved by the relevant Vocational Education Committee and if the VEC has the power to intervene to require schools in adjoining or overlapping areas to co-ordinate their admissions policies or agree a common policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36569/10]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills with regard to admissions policies of community colleges, if these admissions policies have to be agreed or approved by the relevant Vocational Educational Committees; if the VEC has the power to intervene to require schools in adjoining or overlapping areas to co-ordinate their admissions policies or agree a common policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35842/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take questions 184 and 152 together. It is the responsibility of the Board of Management of schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In the case of community colleges, the board of management is a sub-committee of the relevant Vocational Educational Committee (VEC). The acts of any subcommittee of a VEC are subject to confirmation by the VEC concerned. In accordance with section 15 (2) (d) of the Education Act 1998, a function of a board of management in a VEC school is to publish, in such manner as the board and the VEC considers appropriate, the policy of the school concerning admission.