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

I move amendment No. 93:

In page 23, to delete lines 32 to 34 and substitute the following:“(vi) the manner in which and period during which a school shall notify an applicant as to the decision on his or her application;”.

Amendment No. 93 adjusts the current wording in the Bill that provides that regulations may be made regarding the manner and period during which an applicant will be informed that his or her application for admission has been accepted. The revised wording clarifies that this refers to the manner and period during which an applicant will be informed as to the decision on his or her application rather than whether the application has been accepted.

Amendment No. 94 inserts a provision in the regulations section to provide that regulations may be made regarding the manner in which, and periods during which, an applicant will confirm his or her acceptance of an offer of admission to a school and that these regulations may include, where an applicant accepts more than one offer of admission, the manner and periods during which the applicant must provide final confirmation of acceptance or non-acceptance to the schools in question.

Amendments Nos. 95, 98 and 99 to 102, inclusive, involve consequential re-numbering amendments arising from amendment No. 94. They also provide that regulations can set out both the arrangements and the procedures that apply regarding the compilation and operation of waiting lists; offers that become available after the completion of the admission process; applications received after the commencement of the school year; and applications to classes other than the intake group.

The purpose of amendment No. 97 is a proofing amendment to clarify that regulations may set conditions that applicants "shall" be required to adhere to, rather than conditions that applicants "may" be required to adhere to.

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