School patronage issue overstated, says churchman [IrishTimes]
- Published: 11 October 2011
PATRONAGE OF primary schools in Ireland is down the agenda of parents’ actual concerns about their child’s education, a leading Catholic Church representative has said.
Speaking yesterday at the release of research into parental understanding of school patronage by the Catholic Schools Partnership, chairman of the organisation, Fr Michael Drumm, said the issue of patronage should not be overstated.
“We need to be careful about the whole patronage question and that it is not hyped up to such a level that at a national level it becomes the key issue on the agenda,” he said.
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