AQW 37810/11-15 Mr Phil Flanagan Sinn Féin Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Tabled Date: 22/10/2014 Answered On Date: 06/11/2014 Priority Written: No
Question: To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the dates of; and (ii) the individuals present at meetings to discuss the establishment of a cross border area learning community involving St. Mary's High School, Brollagh since his rejection of development proposal 256; and when he expects a pilot model to be brought forward.
Answer:
I announced my decision to turn down a development proposal to close St Mary’s High School Brollagh in June 2004. At that time I advised that the option of cross–border collaboration needed to be examined. I called on the Catholic Council for Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) to bring forward a pilot scheme which would allow the school to work with schools on the other side of the border. The following meetings have taken place: Date | Those Present | 3 July 2014 | Gerry Lundy, Deputy Chief Executive, CCMS Gerry Murphy, Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) | 30 July 2014 | Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive, WELB Jim Clarke, Chief Executive, CCMS Paddy Mackey, Senior Education Officer, WELB Rosemary Watterson, Chief Administrative Officer, WELB Pat Hughes, Chief Finance Officer Gerry Lundy, Deputy Chief Executive, CCMS | 11 August 2014 | Barry Jordan, Director of Equality and All- Ireland Department of Education Jim Clarke, Chief Executive, CCMS Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive, WELB | 16 September 2014 | Pat Ward, Head of Corporate Services, WELB Paddy Mackey, Senior Education Officer, WELB Gerry Lundy, Deputy Chief Executive, CCMS Lewis Love, CCMS Associate | 18 September 2014 | John O’Dowd, Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan, Minister for Education and Skills | 22 September 2014 | Gerry Lundy, Deputy Chief Executive, CCMS Simon Bradley, Principal of St Mary’s Belleek | 25 September 2014 | Lewis Love, CCMS Associate met with a School Principal | 1 October 2014 | Lewis Love, CCMS Associate Sean Rodgers, Assistant Finance Officer, WELB | 3 October 2014 | Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive, WELB Shaun Purcell, Chief Executive, Donegal ETB (Education and Training Board) | 21 October 2014 | Gerry Lundy, Deputy Chief Executive, CCMS Lewis Love, CCMS Associate Pat Ward, Head of Corporate Services, WELB Iris Barker, Head of Property Services | 29 October 2014 | Jim Clarke, Chief Executive, CCMS Barry Mulholland , Chief Executive, WELB Shaun Purcell , Chief Executive, Donegal ETB (Education and Training Board) |
Discussions are continuing on a way forward.
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