Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
294. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed with Minister for Education in Northern Ireland the possibility of standardising the minimum age for when primary school students in both jurisdictions are eligible to transfer to post-primary school. [37317/13]
View answerMy Department and the Department of Education, Northern Ireland take forward co-operation and joint action in education by co-ordinating and developing, within the North South Ministerial Council framework, common policies in the four designated areas of co-operation: special education needs, educational underachievement, teacher mobility and school, youth and teacher exchanges. The subject of standardisation of minimum school entry age in both jurisdictions has not come up for dicsussion in this context.
