Publication of detail on areas for possible divesting of catholic primary school patronage [education.ie]
- Published: 03 August 2010
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, TD, today published the outcome of work undertaken by her Department, at the request of the Catholic Church, to identify areas that may offer potential for the church to divest its patronage of certain primary schools.
The possibility of the Catholic Church divesting itself of certain primary schools was raised by the church with the Tánaiste's predecessor as Minister for Education and discussed at a meeting in November 2009 with senior representatives of the church.
At the request of those senior representatives, the Department undertook to identify possible areas where the demographics and existing school configuration was such that there might be potential for the Catholic Church to consider divesting patronage.
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills has today made this information available on the website of her Department.
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