Personal Data on this Form
Meánscoil Iognáid Rís, Drimnagh Castle CBS is registered as a Data Controller under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. The personal data supplied on this application form is required for the purposes of:
- student enrolment,
- student registration,
- allocation of teachers and resources to the school
- determining a student’s eligibility for additional learning supports and transportation
- school administration,
- child welfare (including medical welfare)
- and to fulfil our other legal obligations
Please confirm if you are happy for us to contact you by SMS/text message/Smart Phone App, and to call you on the telephone numbers provided and to send you emails for all the purposes of:
- sports days,
- parent teacher meetings,
- school concerts/events,
- to notify you of school closure (e.g. where there are adverse weather conditions),
- to notify you of your child’s non-attendance or late attendance or any other issues relating to
- your child’s conduct in school,
- To communicate with you in relation to your child’s social, emotional and educational progress,
- and to contact you in the case of an emergency
Please Note: Meánscoil Iognáid Rís, Drimnagh Castle CBS reserves the right to contact you in the case of an emergency relating to your child, regardless of whether you have given your consent.
While the information provided will generally be treated as private to Meánscoil Iognáid Rís, Drimnagh Castle CBS , and will be collected and used in compliance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, from time to time it may be necessary for us to transfer your personal data on a private basis to other bodies (including the Department of Education & Skills, the Department of Social Protection, An Garda Siochána, the Health Service Executive, TUSLA, social workers or medical practitioners, the National Council for Special Education, any Special Education Needs Organiser, the National Educational Psychological Service, or (where the student is transferring) with another school. We rely on parents/guardians and students to provide us with accurate and complete information and to update us in relation to any change in the information provided. Should you wish to update or access your/your child’s personal data you should write to the school Principal.
Data Protection Policy of Meánscoil Iognáid Rís, Drimnagh Castle CBS
A copy of the full Data Protection Policy of Meánscoil Iognáid Rís, Drimnagh Castle CBS is available on request. When you apply for enrolment, you will be asked to sign that you consent to your data/your child’s data being collected, processed and used in accordance with this Data Protection Policy during the course of their time as a student in the school.
Photographs of Students
The school maintains a database of photographs of school events held over years. It has become customary to take photos of students engaged in activities and events in the interest of creating a pictorial as well as historical record of life at the school. Photographs may be published on our school website or in brochures, newsletters, local and national newspapers and similar school-related productions.