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

We will provide such support, for example, in the form of guidelines. Where necessary, we will organise sessions where advice will be given to schools that are adjusting their admission policies. While we are making admission policy much more transparent, we are aware that many schools already have written admission policies that contain elements of what we are providing for here. For many schools, the transition to the new expectations will be relatively easy. As the Deputy has rightly said, schools with a tradition of waiting lists will have to cease adding to those waiting lists and phase out the existing lists over a period of time. That represents a change that will need to be communicated. When the entire Bill has been passed by this House and the Seanad, we will convey guidelines to the schools to assist them in implementing the new legal provisions.

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