Primary school online database
Charlie McConalogue asks whether a primary-school database could affect capitation grants or staffing when parents withhold sensitive data; the Chair redirects the matter to a parliamentary question.
Can the Tánaiste assure us about the development by the Department of Education and Skills of an online database for primary schools? Will the database be used to cut capitation grants or reduce teacher numbers when parents do not consent to the forwarding of PPS numbers and other sensitive information by their children's school to the Department? I have raised this on the Order of Business before. Replies to parliamentary questions I have received indicate that what I have described is the Department's intention. Can the Tánaiste assure us that the Government will not go down that route?
