School Patronage

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2013

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Questions (122)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the strongly expressed preferences of the authorities of the various primary schools feeding into the Maynooth post-primary school, County Kildare, for the location of senior and junior cycle schools to be located on the one site as already indicated with consequent savings in administration and operation; if he will take such expressions into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17976/13]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy will be aware, in June 2011, I announced new arrangements for the recognition and determination of patronage of new primary and post-primary schools. The patronage of the new post-primary school in Maynooth was decided under these new arrangements and details of the decision making process in that case are available on my Department's website. The ethos of the new post-primary school will be multi-denominational under the patronage of Kildare VEC. The new school will cater for 1st year students through to 6th year classes when it is fully developed and will have capacity for up to 1,000 pupils over time. It was always the intention that the new school would be a separate entity from the existing post-primary provider in the town.