Donal Carey
Ceist:28 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
Written Answers. - Primary Curriculum Review Body.
John Bruton
Ceist:40 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
Tom Enright
Ceist:44 Mr. Enright asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
Edward Nealon
Ceist:67 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
Louis J. Belton
Ceist:86 Mr. Belton asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
Ivan Yates
Ceist:103 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Education the reason the Primary Curriculum Review Body, appointed by her, has only one parent representative as against six teaching representatives and five managerial representatives.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 40, 44, 67, 86 and 103 together.
The Primary Curriculum Review Body is representative of a wide range of interests and it was necessary, when it was being constituted, to limit the number of members to reasonable proportions. It was in this context that the National Parents' Council were allowed one place on the review body. Management and teacher representation on the review body span a number of representative bodies in each case.