Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with Section 8 of the Education Act, 1998, in the case of a school established or maintained by an Education Training Board (ETB), that ETB shall be the be the patron of the school for the purposes of the Act. It is the duty of the ETB as patron for the purposes of ensuring the each of its schools is managed in a spirit of partnership to establish a board of management.

A board of management of a school whose patron is an ETB, is established under Part IV of the Education Act, 1998 and Section 44 of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013.

The key focus of oversight and governance of schools is to ensure that schools are managed in a manner that provides all its students with the best possible education in a positive school environment. At present there are no plans to amend this legislation, but this will be kept under review.