PQ 203
203. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the findings of the National Primary School Survey 2026, which found that 73% of parents with children attending single-sex primary schools favoured a move towards co-education, whether her Department has plans to encourage or facilitate the amalgamation of single-sex schools that do not wish to move towards a co-educational model; the mechanisms that are available to parents, school communities and patrons who wish to pursue the amalgamation of single-sex schools in their area; the supports available from her Department to assist such a process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53868/26]
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203. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the findings of the National Primary School Survey 2026, which found that 73% of parents with children attending single-sex primary schools favoured a move towards co-education, whether her Department has plans to encourage or facilitate the amalgamation of single-sex schools that do not wish to move towards a co-educational model; the mechanisms that are available to parents, school communities and patrons who wish to pursue the amalgamation of single-sex schools in their area; the supports available from her Department to assist such a process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53868/26]
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