asked the Minister for Education the rules governing the recognition by his Department and the operation of boards of management of national schools.
Written Answers. - National Schools.
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The main provision is in rule 15 of the rules for national schools which reads as follows:
(1) The manager of a national school is charged with the direct government of the school, the appointment of the teachers, subject to the Minister's approval, their removal and the conducting of the necessary correspondence.
(2) The manager is the person or body of persons recognised as manager by the Minister. Save in exceptional circumstances, a person not resident in the locality will not be recognised as manager.
(3) The manager must be a clergyman or other suitable person or body of persons.
(4) Every person or body of persons on first recognition as manager must give an undertaking in writing that the Rules for National Schools shall be complied with.
(5) When a school committee is recognised as manager, one of its number should be nominated by the committee to act as correspondent.
(6) Joint managers may be recognised, and in that event the returns for the schools, agreements etc., should be signed by each of the managers unless they agree that one of them shall act as correspondent.
(7) Where the joint managers disagree about teachers, programmes, or other details of management, the matter in dispute shall be decided by the Minister.
(8) If the manager finds himself unable to fulfil his duties as manager he should nominate or arrange to have nominated some suitable person resident in the locality for recognition as temporary manager until such time as he is able to resume his managerial duties.
(9) The Minister may withdraw recognition from a manager for failure to observe the Rules or if it should appear that the educational interests of the district require it, but such recognition will not be withdrawn without consultation with the manager and other interested parties.
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asked the Minister for Education the number of national school pupils in each standard ranging from junior infants to seventh and over who are in classes of each of the following sizes: 0-14, 14-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, and 55 and over.
Information is not normally compiled in the particular classification requested by the Deputy. It is, however, being prepared specially and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.
The Dáil adjourned at 3.30 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday 13th November, 1975.