Catholic schools’ extensions at risk [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 02 May 2011
CATHOLIC primary schools could have planned extensions delayed or cancelled if there is demand for other types of schools in an area, under policy recommendations to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn.
The proposal is contained in a major report on how to decide the patronage, language of instruction and other factors for new primary schools.
Its publication comes as the question of how Catholic schools in areas of settled population numbers might be transferred to a different patron to cater for parental demand by the recently-established Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector.
The Commission on School Accommodation (CSA) was asked in September 2008 by former minister Batt O’Keeffe to review the procedures and criteria for deciding on applications for new schools.
At the time, the focus was on how to cater for rising populations in Dublin and other larger urban areas.
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