Written answers
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Value for Money Reviews
3:00 pm
Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following a decision in May 2007 of retention of a school (details supplied) if he will honour this commitment in current review. [6386/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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A review was initiated in October 2010 by the then Fianna Fáil/Green Party government in order to establish the value for money being achieved from state funding of small primary schools. This value for money review is part of the normal review processes undertaken by Departments on an annual basis on selected areas of expenditure. All primary schools with a total enrolment of less than 50 pupils come within the terms of reference of this review.
I do not have a pre-determined view on the outcome of the review. The review should be completed by the end of this year and I plan to consider the review's conclusions when it is finalised. In the meantime the existing rules and current sustainability limits will continue to apply to small schools.
Michael O' Mahony
Posted on 8 Apr 2011 12:12 pm (Report this comment)
they is school in rural ireland that come under 50 pupils limits which would be very disaponted to the parents with chlidrens in dos schools and if is to happen it means that schoos will be overcrowed with too many in the class and put chlidrens education in jupces the minister should re think and change this rule deputy fleming is right to asked Question