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Published: 22 June 2011

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said today that the Irish education system needs to be reconfigured - so that the patronage of schools reflects the reality on the ground.

Minister Quinn's comments come as the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in primary schools begins a three-day public session to discuss the submissions of key stakeholders.

The Minister has previously said that he would like to see half of the 3,000 Catholic primary schools in the State transferred to a different patronage.

"There will be no losers in this particular process as far as I'm concerned," he said.

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