In a Northern Ireland Assembly debate last week, Democratic Unionist members attacked education minister Caitriona Ruane and accused her of protecting Catholic and Irish language schools from a wider programme of school mergers and closures.
The row follows a decision in August by Ruane, a Sinn Fein member, to support the opening of three Irish medium schools, each catering for less than 20 children.
Democratic Unionist Michelle McIleveen, a member of the assembly's education committee, said Ruane's decision was a "blatant sectarian approach".
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