Tom Fleming
Question:113 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills following a decision in May 2007 of retention of a school (details supplied) if he will honour this commitment in current review. [6386/11]
View answerTuesday, 5 April 2011
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A review was initiated in October 2010 by the then Fianna Fáil/Green Party government in order to establish the value for money being achieved from state funding of small primary schools. This value for money review is part of the normal review processes undertaken by Departments on an annual basis on selected areas of expenditure. All primary schools with a total enrolment of less than 50 pupils come within the terms of reference of this review.
I do not have a pre-determined view on the outcome of the review. The review should be completed by the end of this year and I plan to consider the review's conclusions when it is finalised. In the meantime the existing rules and current sustainability limits will continue to apply to small schools.