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

I move amendment No. 55:

In page 17, to delete lines 8 and 9 and substitute the following:

“(e) provide that the school shall not, when deciding on an application to the school, or when placing a student on a waiting list for admission to the school, consider or take into account any of the following:”.

The Bill currently sets out that where a school is oversubscribed it may not use certain selection criteria such as attendance at a preschool, payment of fees, academic ability, interviews etc. Amendment No. 55 clarifies that such matters cannot be taken into account in any case where a school is deciding on an application for admission, even where the school is not oversubscribed and in cases where a school is oversubscribed, they cannot be taken into account in deciding on an applicant’s place on a waiting list.

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