Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2026
68. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding available for a post-primary school (details supplied) in a disadvantaged rural area travelling to China as part of an educational delegation, the first school in the West of Ireland to do so, to support the costs of the trip. [69162/26]
View answerThe Department of Education and Youth does not directly fund schools for the costs of educational tours.
Where a Board of Management is satisfied that a school tour should proceed, such a tour may be undertaken without seeking prior approval from the Department.
I wish the students and teachers at Abbey Community College, Boyle all the best with their endeavours.
