Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2004
77 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to ensure that all secondary schools comply with the requirement to have boards of management as required by the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 14 of the Education Act 1998 places upon the patron of a recognised school the duty to appoint a board of management. The Act qualifies this by requiring the patron, in the event that the appointment of a board is not practicable, to inform the parents, teachers and the Minister of the reasons for this.
The available information indicates that boards of management are in place in the vast majority of second level schools. My Department is in the process of communicating with the patrons of a small number of schools which do not currently have boards of management in order to progress this matter.
