Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 50:

In page 8, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following:

"64.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a board or person acting on a board's behalf shall not charge fees for, or seek payments or contributions (howsoever described) as a condition of—".

Amendment No. 50 ensures that a board can still receive voluntary contributions by replacing the term "in respect of an application for admission of a student to the school, or the enrolment or continued enrolment of a student in the school" in the existing language of the Bill to "as a condition of". Amendments Nos. 50 and 51 also further clarify the subsection by providing that the reference to "school" be replaced with "board", that the word "for" be inserted after "shall not charge fees" and that boarding schools can only charge fees in so far as those fees relate solely to the cost of providing residential boarding places.