Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the best source of public funding that a community group could apply for in order to purchase a defibrillator for a local community, that would be located at the local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22400/22]

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.