Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered funding the bulk purchase of defibrillators for schools. [34104/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school.

The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the board of management of each individual school.  

The wider question of the need for defibrillators to be made available in public places is primarily a public health matter and would therefore be a matter for the Department of Health.