School enrolment audit welcomed

WE were pleased to read in your issue of August 29 that the Minister of Education, Mary Hanafin, intends to conduct an audit of schools in relation to their enrolment policies.

The Department of Education has a responsibility to ensure that individuals are not discriminated against in terms of access to education. This issue was raised in a report, Breaking Down Barriers, published by Amnesty International Irish Section earlier this year.

The report raised a number of concerns relating to how the Department of Education was responding to the needs of a multicultural society.