Vol. 469 No. 7
56 Ms Keogh asked the Minister for Education the proposals, if any, her Department has in relation to dealing with truancy; if she will publish the Report of the Task Force on Truancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18052/96]
The School Attendance/Truancy Report was published in April 1994.
Early in 1995 I established a Truancy Task Force with the following terms of reference: to examine the submissions received from interested parties in response to the Truancy Report and to consider and make recommendations as to future action required to address the problem of truancy at first and second level.
The work of the Truancy Task Force is at an advanced stage of consideration in my Department and I will shortly be deciding on the further action which will have to be taken, including the publication of new school attendance legislation. While the task force will not publish a separate report, its work will be reflected in the new legislation.
