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

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 5, line 6, after "the student" to insert "(each of whom is, in this section and sections 29A to 29F, referred to as an applicant)".

Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are proofing amendments which clarify that where a reference is made to an "applicant" in the provisions of the Bill relating to section 29 of the Education Act 1998, this means the parent, or in the case of a student over 18, the student who has made an appeal under section 29. Amendments Nos. 11 and 34 insert a definition of a "school year" for the purposes of the section 29 appeals provisions and the admission-related provisions in the Bill. The wording of the definition reflects the fact that individual schools start and finish the school year on different dates. Amendments Nos. 20 and 36 are proofing amendments which clarify the distinction between waiting lists that are newly compiled under this Bill - where a school is oversubscribed and which are drawn up and apply only in the particular school year - and any long-standing waiting lists that are currently in existence and will be phased out under this Bill following its commencement over a five-year period. Amendment No. 33 amends the existing definition of "school" to clarify that for the purposes of this Bill, a school does not include a hospital school or a school situated in a child and adolescent mental health facility, as admission to such schools does not happen in the normal way. It would not be appropriate or proportionate for such schools to be required to comply with the various requirements of this Bill, such as the requirement to prepare and publish policies and admission notices and to set selection criteria, etc.

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