Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria for recognising primary schools to include Montessori schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14561/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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A review of the criteria and procedures for the establishment of new primary schools has been undertaken by the Commission on School Accommodation and its report has recently been published on my Department's website. It will be necessary to consider the report's recommendations and proposals. In the interim it is not proposed to recognise any new primary schools, except in areas where the increases in pupil numbers cannot be catered for in existing schools and which require the provision of new schools.

Any application for the recognition of Montessori primary schools must be assessed in accordance with the criteria and procedures for the recognition of new primary schools and having regard to the provisions of the Education Act 1998.