Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware I ran a public consultation process from 24th January to 20th March 2017 on the role of denominational religion in the school admission process and possible approaches for making changes.

The 8 week phase of receiving written submissions formed part of the broader 12 week consultation process which will include additional steps, including any follow-up consultation that is required, collation of responses and development of next steps.

My Department has begun the process of examining the submissions, including the submission referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy, and formulating next steps. Clearly I will not make any decisions around next steps until such time as all of the submissions have been examined and considered.