Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is designated as a feeder school for any secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38255/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area.

The act requires schools to clearly set out their selection criteria in their admission policies. Schools have discretion in relation to their admission criteria and how they are applied. Post primary schools may choose to include as part of their selection criteria a priority for certain primary schools as feeder schools. Feeder schools is permitted as a criterion under the act, and schools can apply this as a criterion should they wish to do so. The criteria to be applied by schools and the order of priority are a matter for the schools themselves.