Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
272. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 30 November 2017 and a reply received from his Department of 27 September 2018, (details supplied) the reason for the discrepancy in the replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44823/18]
View answerPQ reply of the 30 November 2017 set out the general position regarding the statutory role of the Minister in respect of the removal of a member of a Board or the dissolution of the full Board.
The reply from my Department of 27 September 2018 referred to a particular individual who ceased to be a member of the Board of two schools which was confirmed by the Patron. The reply also outlined that while as Minister I have a statutory role regarding the removal of a member of a Board, I have no statutory role in respect of members who cease to be members of Boards for varied reasons.
The Patron has confirmed that the individual in question was reassigned in the course of normal Diocesan changes, and in view of this reassignment would no longer have been available to continue in the role of Chairperson of the Board of either school.
I have no statutory function until such time as a Patron seeks my consent as Minister under the Education Act to remove an individual from a Board or the dissolution of the full Board.
In this particular case I have received no application from the Patron under the Education Act to do either.
