Written answers

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Establishment

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the Educate Together primary schools in Wicklow and Greystones in County Wicklow, form part of the new catchment area for the new north Wicklow Educate Together secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14081/15]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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All new schools, either at primary level or post-primary level, are set up to meet specific demographic needs within defined geographical areas.

As part of the patronage determination processes to establish who will operate new schools, prospective patrons must commit to enrolling, as a priority, pupils from the area for whom the school is intended. The Department would expect to see this in the enrolment policies for new schools.

Consistent with the approach outlined, the school to which the Deputy refers was set up to meet a demographic need in the Bray, Kilternan and Ballybrack/Shankill school feeder areas.The other areas to which the Deputy refers are in different school feeder areas with their own post-primary provision.

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