Birr Included In Scheme Examining Church Patronage Of Schools [midlandtribune.ie]
- Published: 12 August 2010
Birr is one of the pilot areas being examined by Department of Education & Skills for the possible divesting of patronage of Catholic primary schools.
Last week the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, TD, 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 made this information available on the website of her Department last week
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