Fiona O'Loughlin
Ceist:476. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the patronage change of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [32682/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 24 July 2018
Ceisteanna (476)
Freagraí scríofa
As the Deputy will be aware, I developed the new schools reconfiguration for diversity process, which is aimed at providing more multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment for 400 such schools by 2030.
I believe that this new Schools Reconfiguration process, which involves the transfer of live schools, has the potential to significantly increase patron diversity in our school system.
A number of schools or communities have approached their existing patron seeking a voluntary transfer of patronage under this process, including the school to which the Deputy refers. Discussions in this regard are at an advanced stage.