Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2017
227. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to increase out-of-hours use of school facilities to give children and young persons access to arts activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24417/17]
View answerAs the use of school buildings is included in my Departments Action Plan for Education, I can confirm that meetings have been held between officials from my Department and the relevant stakeholder groups. These meeting sought the views of these groups regarding the use of school buildings outside of school hours.
The process of developing guidelines for the use of school buildings is currently in progress and it is due to be completed in the near future.
