Vol. 546 No. 3
382 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a compulsory regulation imposed by the college that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo must reside in the college for her first year; if he will rescind this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31509/01]
St. Angela's College, Lough Gill, Sligo is a private institution owned by the Ursuline Order. It is one of two colleges recognised by my Department for providing a four year home economics teacher training course leading to an award of a B.Ed. degree in home economics.
My Department pays an annual grant to St. Angela's to cover approved B.Ed. training course expenditure not met by the college's own income. The governance and day to day activities of the college are matters for which the trustees, the board of governors and the management of the college are responsible.
In view of this, I have referred the Deputy's question to the management authorities of St. Angela's College for direct response to the Deputy.
