Agreed Statement of BoM meeting April 15th, 2024

In Attendance: Teresa Fallon, Josephine Donohue, Christy Mannion, Ruth Gaffney, Avril Murphy, Cathriona Egan, Gerard Murray, Shane Cox
The Board prayed for persons within the school community and expressed sympathy to Conor Farrell who tragically lost his brother Jimmy over the Easter period.
The board received a very comprehensive update from the Student Council through an excellent presentation delivered by Rian O Hanlon
The Board received confirmation that the final Annual Accounts for 22/23 have been accepted by the Trustees and forwarded to the FSSU.
The Finance Sub-Committee, the School Secretary and the Board of Management were commended for the manner in which the accounts were managed prepared and presented. The Finance Report for current year was agreed. The first draft of the 2024-2025 Budget was presented to the Finance Sub Committee.

School Development planning included:
- The Protected Disclosures act 2014 Internal Reporting Policy was noted
- Initiated the Bord of Management Plan 2023-2026

Child protection oversight report was presented and signed.
The Bullying report was noted.
The principal updated the board on the many activities ongoing in the school.
The Board commended the school staff and students for the efforts and cooperation on the many fundraising, sporting and extracurricular activities and congratulated the teams that have done so well in their respective competitions. The board particularly commended the great performance from the Equestrian team, (consisting of Katie Duignan, Ella Duignan, Calum Duignan and Grace Egan) who finished 4th in the overall All Ireland league and qualified to represent Mercy Ballymahon school in Balmoral in May.
Date of next meeting May 14th