Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Select Committee on Education and Skills
Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage
4:30 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The school is obliged to accept all comers. That is the general rule unless a school is over-subscribed, at which point it applies its admission policy. What this provision states is that if a child applies and there is a space in a special needs class and the child applying does not have a need for such a class, the school will not be deemed to be in breach of this Act by not making provision for the child in its special class.