Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 7 Jun 1990

Vol. 399 No. 8

Written Answers. - Rules to National Schools.

Theresa Ahearn

Ceist:

28 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Jim Mitchell

Ceist:

32 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Mary Flaherty

Ceist:

41 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Joseph Doyle

Ceist:

50 Mr. Doyle asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

56 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Gerry Reynolds

Ceist:

66 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

William Cotter

Ceist:

89 Mr. Cotter asked the Minister for Education the reason she was unable to furnish to the Oireachtas Library, on request, a copy of all circulars issued by her updating and amending the Rules for National Schools, last issued in codified form in 1965.

Minister for Education (Mrs. O'Rourke)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 32, 41, 50, 56, 66 and 89 together.

I am not aware of a request to furnish to the Oireachtas Library a copy of circulars issued by my Department updating and amending the Rules for National Schools. Neither has there been any requirement on the Minister for Education, in the past, to provide copies of such circulars to the library.

Since 1965 some 665 circulars have been issued by my Department to national schools. While the task of systematically analysing these circulars was initiated with a view to documenting the amendments of the Rules for National Schools which they entail it has not been completed. To continue with the task at this stage would involve nugatory work in that it will be overtaken by developments arising from the reports of the Primary Curriculum Review Body and the Primary Education Review Body which I expect will involve significant revisions of the Rules for National Schools.