Vol. 475 No. 5
54 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Education if she will make public the terms of the agreement between church and other school management bodies, and teachers and parents on the future governance of primary schools. [5174/97]
The document to which the Deputy refers is a draft agreement on the future governance of primary schools unanimously agreed between the school management bodies, the teachers' union and the national parents council, primary. This draft agreement was presented to me on 28 November 1996, by Dr. Tom McCarty, the independent facilitator who presided over the discussions on primary school governance since September 1994.
I am now considering the detail of the draft agreement. As part of this process, I have referred the agreement to the Office of the Attorney General for advice on its format, constitutionality and general legality, prior to submitting an agreement to Government for its approval.
I am not, therefore, in a position to publish this agreement until that process has been completed.
