Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Department of Education and Skills
School Patronage
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, figures on the number of primary and post-primary schools that have been established since 2000, including their denominational status; and the number of applications for the establishment of denominational schools that have been received by her Department in the same time period. [21774/15]
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy in regard to the denomination of new schools established since 2000 is set out in tabular format.
The process for the award of patronage of new schools was revised in 2011. Since then, the Department identifies the requirement for a new school to meet a demographic need and conducts a patron selection process. All applicant patron bodies are invited to apply for the patronage of a proposed new school. The process has run on a number of occasions and details are published on my Department's website.
Denominational ethos of mainstream primary schools newly established for the years 2000 to 2015
| Patron body | Ethos | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Cross total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educate Together Ltd | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 54 | ||
| Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Catholic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| An Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna Lán Ghaeilge Teo | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Catholic Bishop | Catholic | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| Church of Ireland Bishop | Church of Ireland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Joint patronage of a COI and Catholic Bishop | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Patron of Newtown post-primary school | Quaker | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Islamic Foundation of Ireland | Muslim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Lifeways Ireland Ltd | Steiner philosophy | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Co Cork VEC (now Cork ETB) | Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Co. Dublin VEC ( now Dublin & Dun Laoghaire ETB) | Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Co Kildare VEC (now Kildare Wicklow ETB) | Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Meath VEC (now Louth Meath ETB) | Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 123 |
In 2008,a moratorium was announced on the establishment of new primary schools, with the exception of new schools required in rapidly developing areas. This was to allow time to review the process for establishing primary schools.
In2009, no new mainstream schools were established.
In 2011,new procedures were adopted for the recognition and establishment of new primary and post-primary schools.
Denominational ethos of new mainstream post-primary schools established for the years 2000 to 2014
| School Type | Ethos | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Cross total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntary Secondary | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Church of Ireland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Multi-denominational | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| ETB School | Inter-denominational | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Community School | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Multi-denominational | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 36 |
This table outlines details of the denominational ethos of post-primary schools which were established afresh (not from amalgamation in the period 2000 to 2014.
In 2011, new procedures were adopted for the recognition and establishment of new primary and post-primary schools.
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