A Fine Gael Dáil colleague of Education Minister Richard Bruton insists the decision of Catholic Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne to lease a school near Killarney to a new patron was in line with local decisions.

A Catholic Kerry school with no pupils is to open under one multi-denominational patron in September while another has been looking for accommodation since 2013.

Students of today have to be prepared for jobs that have not yet been conceived, an awards ceremony was told.

Sixteen new Education and Training Boards will be established today to replace the 33 VEC's across the country.