Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 May 2017
77. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the organisations and schools which made a submission to the public consultation on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions process in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24459/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe public consultation process on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions process and possible approaches for making changes accepted written submissions from 24th January to 20th March 2017.
Almost 1,000 written submissions were received. 744 submissions were made by individuals, 118 submissions were made by schools and 62 submissions were made by stakeholder organisations.
Submissions may be published in due course on my Department’s website subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Acts.
I previously advised that following the receipt and analysis of written submissions, consideration would be given as to whether any additional steps are needed as part of the consultation process. Accordingly, I recently announced that I will hold a Forum on the role of Religion in Primary School Admissions in the coming days.
My aim is to find a solution which addresses the issues in this area, while respecting the strongly held and legitimate desire of minority religious groups to run schools which are genuinely of their own ethos.
