Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the physical environment in schools, including classrooms is taken into consideration during the school evaluation process for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43030/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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During whole school evaluations, inspectors take into consideration the physical environment, school facilities and the use made by schools of material resources provided by this Department. Together with a range of other evidence, this informs their evaluation of the quality of teaching, learning, school leadership and management. When inspectors identify serious shortcomings in relation to school facilities in the course of their general inspection work these matters are raised with the school authorities and brought to the attention of my Department's planning and building unit.