O'Keeffe move on schools must be start of process [labour.ie]
- Published: 05 March 2010
The Labour Party Spokesperson on Education, Ruairi Quinn TD, has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Education that his Department will shortly be releasing details of ten urban areas where it believes that there is a surplus of Catholic schools and a need for some of them to shut down.
“I hope that this move is an indication that the government is at least beginning to accept that there is now a compelling case for moving towards a new system of patronage that takes account of changing views in regard to religion and education.
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