Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. John Curtis:

No. In essence, we have the Constitution, the Education Act and the Education (Welfare) Act. There is legislation in place already dealing with the rights of denominational schools to give precedence to children of the relevant faith. What we must remember in broad terms is that 10% of schools in the JMB are of minority faiths. In that context, we have to look at what is necessary for them in maintaining their ethos. In practical terms-----

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