Dublin Catholic School Transferred to Multi-Denominational Authority [Ireland]

Crux ^ | 3/28/23 | Charles Collins

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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop Dermot Farrell says “the growing diversity of Irish society” led to the transfer of a Catholic primary school in Dublin to a multi-denominational patron.

The patronage of St. Enda’s Primary school will be transferred from the Carmelite Order, which has run the school since it was founded in 1894, to the City of Dublin Education and Training Board.

Unlike in the United States, the government funds religious schools in Ireland, and about 96 percent of elementary schools in the country are under the patronage of a religious group, and approximately 90 percent of these schools are run by the Catholic Church.

The Irish government has tried to loosen the grip of the Catholic Church on education, but in the last decade, less than 20 Catholic schools have transferred to a non-denominational patron.

In March 2022, Irish Minister for Education Norma Foley announced that arrangements are being put in place in a number of towns and areas of cities that have no multi-denominational primary schools at present to run a pilot reconfiguration program.

The Irish government plans to have 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030, making up 13 percent of the total.

“I would like to thank the school patron and trustees and the St Enda’s school community for their positive, constructive engagement in the process and congratulate City of Dublin Education and Training Board as incoming patron. I also wish to express my thanks to the facilitator appointed by my department to engage with the school community for their diligent work in this regard,” Foley said in a statement on Monday.

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Sorry, I first read this as Multi-Dimensional