Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy regarding free parking places for staff at the schools where they work; if they are entitled to free parking places on public roads in the vicinity of the school; if the school is entitled to subsidise parking by staff on public roads; and his views on whether it is appropriate for a school to give up valuable space for permanent car parking that could be used more appropriately for children in the school. [36765/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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My Department makes provision for car parking spaces within the vested school site in the context of general school design. The level of provision may depend on the particular school project, the site conditions prevailing and the requirements of Local Authorities.

Individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care, including traffic management measures and general school organisation. The matter of parking on public roads does not come within the remit of my Department and is appropriate to the relevant Local Authority. The position relating to a school subsidising staff parking on public roads from within its own resources is a matter for the individual school authority.