Johnny Mythen
Question:175. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education the status of the issues at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford. [4607/22]
View answerTuesday, 1 February 2022
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The Patron of a school is the person or body of persons recognised as such by the Minister in accordance with section 8 of the Education Act, 1998.
Section 14 of the Education Act 1998 places a duty on the patron of a recognised school, for the purposes of ensuring that such a school is managed in a spirit of partnership, to appoint, where practicable, a board of management (board). The board of management manages the school on behalf of the patron and is accountable to the patron and the Minister. The board must uphold the characteristic spirit of the school and is accountable to the patron for so doing.
Under the provisions of this Act, where a Patron determines that the appointment of a Board is not practicable, the Patron may appoint a manager or managers to perform the functions of the Board.
In the case of the school in question, I can confirm that in accordance with Section 14 of the Act a single manager has recently been appointed to the school. It should be noted that the appointment of a single manager/board of management is solely a matter for the relevant school Patron and that the Department has no role in this regard.
It is important that the new Single Manager be given the time and space to work with the school community to progress issues of concern and the Department will work with the Single Manager in this regard.
Question No. 176 answered with Question No. 104.