Micheál Martin
Question:138 Mr. Martin asked the Minister for Education if she will publish a document entitled Governance of Primary Schools dated November 1996; and if she will make a copy available to all Members of Dáil Éireann. [1949/97]
Written Answers. - Governance of Primary Schools.
The document to which the Deputy refers is a draft agreement on the future governance of primary schools, unanimously agreed between the Catholic Primary School Managers Association, the Church of Ireland Board of Education, Educate Together, Forfás Patrúnactha na Scoileanna Lán Ghaeilge, the Irish National Teachers Organisation and the National Parents Council, Primary. This draft agreement was presented to me on 28 November 1996, by Dr. Tom McCarty, the independent facilitator who presided over the discussions on primary school governance since September 1994.
I am now considering the detail of the draft agreement. As part of this process, I have referred the agreement to the office of the Attorney General for advice on its format, constitutionality and general legality, prior to submitting an agreement to Government for its approval. I am not, therefore, in a position to publish this agreement until that process has been completed.