Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Schools Administration
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered investing in a comprehensive schools reconfiguration programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46515/24]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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For historical reasons, most primary schools are State-aided parish schools, with the local Bishop as patron. It is recognised, including by the Catholic patrons, that more diverse provision is required to cater for our changing society.
The Department of Education’s ‘Schools Recon?guration for diversity process’ supports the transfer of schools from denominational patrons to multi-denominational (non-religious) patrons (where children learn about all faith and belief systems during the school day) in response to the wishes of local school communities. This is an ongoing process and it has been developed to accelerate the delivery of multi-denominational schools.
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