Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 April 2012
63 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a timeframe for the consultation with families living along the Border corridor and which seeks to establish the levels of interest in sending children to schools across the Border; and if he will further provide a projected date when the survey will conclude. [19516/12]
View answerMy Department, in conjunction with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland, is planning a joint attitudinal survey exercise to inform cross-Border pupil movement and school planning in the Border region. An interim report of work on the survey will be presented to the next North-South Ministerial Council education meeting which will take place in May 2012. It is envisaged that the survey will be conducted in the autumn, with the results from the survey and proposals on the way forward to be considered at the first North-South Ministerial Council education meeting of 2013.
