Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has drawn up the protocols for the consultation process on the new reconfiguration of school patronage; when the consultation phase is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28938/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Draft protocols for the Identification Phase of the schools reconfiguration for diversity process have been drawn up and are currently under consideration.  Consultation with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and with Childcare Committees Ireland in relation to administering the surveys of pre-school parents is ongoing and it is anticipated that this phase will commence in the autumn when the survey arrangements have been finalised and tested.