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At its March meeting this year The Irish Episcopal Conference (IEC) accepted a recommendation that a formal motion to abrogate the Maynooth Statute Section 2, effective from 1 September 2010, be tabled at the June IEC General Meeting.
This is being done in light of the Department of Education and Skills Circular 0060/2009 which contains the new disciplinary procedures agreed under the terms of Section 24 (3) of the Education Act (1998).
There are safeguards in the form of detailed mechanisms for appeal at all levels of the New Disciplinary Procedures under the terms of the Education Act.
It is therefore unnecessary for any patron/trustee to become involved in future in appeals from school staff in the event of a move by a board of management for their suspension or dismissal.
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The above may be of interest to people preparing for ministry in third world countries.
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Joint Statement by the Department of Education and Science and the Catholic School Patrons
There was a wide-ranging and constructive discussion about the different issues that may arise in planning for the future development of provision for primary education.
The Catholic School Patrons and the Department agreed that it was essential to engage in planning for change in a way that takes account of the demographics, settlement patterns, and a diversity of provision to accommodate parental choice.
In the context of increasing diversity of provision, it was agreed that the next step would be for the Department to use its databases and other information to identify some locations where an implementation framework could be developed in consultation with all stakeholders.
There will be ongoing contact between the Department and the Catholic School Patrons to progress all of this work. |
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Pilot phase of Inventory of School Accommodation
Letter from Tony Dalton
Dear all,
In relation to nomination of schools to participate in the Pilot phase of the Inventory of School Accommodation the following might be useful to you.
Primary Schools – categories of schools for possible inclusion in pilot phase
• Small schools: circa 4 or 5 teacher (mainstream posts) rural or urban schools
• Single stream schools – 8 mainstream posts covering standards from Junior Infants through 6th class
• 2, 3 or 4 stream urban schools (16, 24 or 32 mainstream posts)
Preferably the schools put forward for inclusion in the pilot phase would cover the range of school accommodation possibilities and thus provide a good mixture that reflects the national position regarding the school building stock.
It would be desirable therefore to get a representative sample covering the following accommodation scenarios if at all possible: -
o School with the bulk or all of its accommodation in permanent buildings (both of a very old and of recent vintage)
o School with a mixture of permanent and temporary accommodation
o School with the bulk or all of its accommodation in temporary structures
o School with the bulk or all of its accommodation in rented non-purpose built building or similar (e.g. sports club buildings or other converted buildings not originally designed as a school building)
o School with accommodation that does not fit neatly into any of the above scenarios.
You might let me know if you have any queries in this regard and many thanks for your assistance
Regards,
Tony |
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Text of talk given by Fr Aidan McGrath at conference of Education Assembly organised by CORI Education.
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Mary Reynolds rsm
A paper presented at a Conference on Education in 2005 and printed in From Present to Future: Catholic Education in Ireland for the New Century, Eithne Woulfe and James Cassin Eds. Veritas 2006
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