P. J. Sheehan
Ceist:46 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans his Department has to correct anomalies that exist in national and secondary school catchment areas throughout the country. [6894/01]
Written Answers. - Post-Primary Education Scheme.
For the purposes of the post-primary education scheme, the country is divided into catchment areas, each of which has its own post primary education centre. Originally, catchment areas were determined in consultation with local educational interests on the basis that certain primary schools would feed exclusively into each centre. A relatively small number of primary schools are shared between two or more centres.
For the majority of denominational primary schools, the parish boundaries effectively define the catchment area. However, these boundaries would not be relevant in the case of multi-denominational and all-Irish primary schools.
The revision of catchment areas is addressed by my Department as the need arises. If the Deputy is aware of a particular area where such a revision would seem to be appropriate and provides me with the details, I will have the matter addressed immediately.