Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is due to commence first year secondary school in September, who has been told they will not be permitted to wear their Hijab on the school premises [36192/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Individual school authorities are responsible for the drawing up of a school policy in relation to the wearing of school uniforms. My Department recommends that the formulation of such a school policy should allow for prior consultation with teachers, parents and pupils where appropriate and enable any concerns to be raised and considered. Decisions regarding school uniforms are, however, a matter for each individual school.