Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit within his Department will consider buying a permanent site in the city of Limerick as a matter of urgency to house Limerick education centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Limerick Education Centre is situated in a building owned by Limerick and Clare ETB. My Department is aware of some concerns in relation to current accommodation arrangements at the Centre and my officials are working with the Centre's Management Committee to find an appropriate solution as soon as possible. No proposal has been received for the purchase of a new site.

The network of Education Centres consists of 21 full time and 9 part time centres. Their principal activity is to facilitate the local delivery of national programmes of teacher professional development on behalf of my Department. They also organise a varied local programme of activities for teachers, school management and parents in response to demand. Each Centre has a Management Committee which is elected annually to manage the business of the staff and the centre.