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

I move amendment No. 121:

In page 28, to delete line 37 and substitute "29D, 29E, 66, 67(1) or 67(3),".

Amendment No. 121 amends the section of the Bill which provides for the patron to issue a direction to the board of a school where the board is not admitting students in accordance with the Bill or is not complying with specified provisions in the Bill. It extends the range of non-compliance matters about which a patron can issue such a direction to include failure to comply with a direction by the Minister under section 66, which provides for schools to co-operate in relation to their admission processes, or a designation by the council or agency under section 67.

Amendment No. 125 amends the section of the Bill which provides for the Minister to issue a direction to the board of a school where the board is not admitting students in accordance with the Bill or is not complying with specified provisions in the Bill. It extends the range of non-compliance matters about which the Minister can issue such a direction to include failure to comply with a direction by the Minister under section 66 which provides for schools to co-operate in relation to their admission processes, or a designation by the council or agency under section 67.

Amendment No. 132 enables an "authorised person" appointed by the Minister also to ascertain whether a board has complied with a direction by the Minister under section 66, or a designation by the council or agency under section 67.

These amendments expand the relevant provisions to take account explicitly of and deal with any failure by schools to comply with directions under these important provisions of the Bill.

Amendment No. 133 is a minor proofing amendment to correct the incorrect use of the present tense in this provision. It changes the wording from the school "is not so complying" to the school "has not so complied" in line with the general language of this section. Even Homer nods.

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