Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Feb 1991

Vol. 404 No. 9

Written Answers. - National Schools Boards of Management.

Tomás MacGiolla

Question:

223 Tomás Mac Giolla asked the Minister for Education the number and proportion of national school boards of management which have a lay rather than a clerical chairperson in the following categories (a) denominational schools, (b) all Irish speaking schools, (c) special schools, and (d) multi-denominational schools.

Minister for Education (Mrs. O'Rourke)

The approximate numbers and proportions, in the categories specified, of national school boards of management which have lay chairpersons rather than clerical chairpersons—chairpersons who are members of religious orders — are as follows:

Type of School	Number Lay Chairpersons	Per cent Lay Chairpersons
Denominational Schools	14	0.5
All-Irish Schools within Gaeltacht	2	1.5
Outside Gaeltacht	44	75
Special Schools	35	29
Multi-Denominational schools	10	100

Note: The above figures are based on my Department's current records. (The process of approving and recognising the boards of management which were recently appointed is ongoing.)