Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion
2:30 pm
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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On behalf of the committee, I thank the delegates for their attendance. Advocates can often be guilty of looking at the issue of access to education - I know I am - through a certain lens, which for me, obviously, is class. I have found this debate very informative, as have the rest of the members of the committee.
We have been able to see all of the other barriers to having a fully accessible and fair education system, especially in the context of admission to school. The delegates' insights and observations will inform us. We look forward to working with them in the new year when we start to deliberate on the Bill.