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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Department of Education and Skills

School Management

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 24 March 2015, if a school is allowed to operate without a board of management under the legislation; the length of time this is allowed to occur for; the length of time a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been operating without a board of management; the date on which patronage will be transferred; and the date on which a new board of management will be appointed. [13142/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, a Patron may appoint a person or persons to manage the school in circumstances where the appointment of a Board is not practicable or where the Patron has dissolved the Board and pending the appointment of a new Board of Management.

The school to which the Deputy refers is one of nine community national schools that have been established in recent years. Pending the transfer of patronage of the community national schools to the relevant Education and Training Boards, I as Minister for Education and Skills am acting as patron of these schools.

I have, in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998 appointed single managers to manage the schools. The arrangements for the transfer of patronage of these schools to the relevant ETBs and the establishment of boards of management are currently being considered in my Department.

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