Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
823. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new secondary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll new schools, either at primary level or post-primary level, are set up to meet specific demographic needs within defined geographical areas.
As part of the patronage determination processes to establish who will operate new schools, prospective patrons must commit to enrolling, as a priority, pupils from the area for whom the school is intended. The Department would expect to see this in the enrolment policies for new schools.
Consistent with the approach outlined, the school to which the Deputy refers was set up to meet a demographic need in a particular area. Details of this area together with the assessment of applications for patronage of the school are published on the Department's website at http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Information/Establishing-a-New-School/New-Post-Primary-Schools.html.
The other areas to which the Deputy refers are in different school feeder areas with their own post-primary provision.
