Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19360/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware I ran a public consultation process from 24 January to 20 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 a broader 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 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.