Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 April 2017
138. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation process on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions system; the possible approaches for making changes; the number of submissions received; if he will provide a list of those that made submissions; the future plans for the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/17]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware I ran a public consultation process from 24 January to 20 March 2017 on the role of denominational religion in the school admission process and possible approaches for making changes.
Approximately one thousand written submissions were received. As this is a public consultation, submissions may be published in due course on my Department’s website subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Acts.
My Department has begun the process of examining the submissions and formulating next steps. Clearly I will not make any decisions around next steps until such time as all of the submissions have been examined and considered.
