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

I move amendment No. 124:

In page 30, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(15) In this section and section 69 a reference to an admission policy includes a reference to an admission notice.”.

Amendment No. 124 inserts a new subsection (15) in section 68 to provide that in that section and in section 69, a reference to an admission policy includes a reference to an annual admission notice. Sections 68 and 69 in the amended Act will provide that a patron or the Minister, respectively, may issue a direction to a board where a board has failed to comply with the Bill's requirements with regard to the school's admission policy such as preparing, publishing and implementing that policy in accordance with the Bill. This amendment provides that any references to an admission policy in these two sections shall be taken to include reference to the school's admission notice thereby enabling the patron or Minister to also issue a direction in respect of any non-compliance with the Bill's requirements in respect of a school's admission notice.

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