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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 26:In page 6, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“(2) (a) The first draft admission policy under subsection (1) shall be prepared by the board as soon as practicable and in any event not later than 3 months after the commencement of this subsection. (b) Where a board proposes making any amendments to its admission policy the board shall prepare a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 27:In page 6, line 34, to delete “(2) The board” and substitute “(3) The board”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 28:In page 6, line 36, to delete “(3) The patron” and substitute “(4) The patron”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 29:In page 6, line 37, to delete “ subsection (2)” and substitute “subsection (3)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 30:In page 6, line 41, to delete “(4) Where” and substitute “(5) Where”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 31:In page 6, line 42, to delete “subsection (3)(b)” and substitute “subsection (4)(b)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 32:In page 7, line 4, to delete “(5) Where” and substitute “(6) Where”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 33:In page 7, line 5, to delete “subsection (3)(a)” and substitute “subsection (4)(a)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 34:In page 7, line 5, to delete “subsection (4)” and substitute “subsection (5)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 35:In page 7, line 9, to delete “(6) An admission policy” and substitute “(7) An admission policy”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 36:In page 7, to delete lines 12 to 19 and substitute the following:“(c) provide that the school shall admit each student seeking admission to the school and each student seeking admission to a special class in the school, other than—(i) where the school or special class concerned is oversubscribed, or (ii) where the parent of a student, when required by...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Yes. As the Deputy explained, the amendment would prohibit schools from prioritising the children of staff or board members. I believe it is a reasonable position that an oversubscribed school may give priority to children of staff members, where it so wishes. For example, from the perspective of facilitating those families, it is sensible that a teacher who works in a school distant from...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I take the point Deputy Byrne is making about arrangements for children who do not wish to participate in the religious programme. As we discussed earlier, many schools are in very different positions. There may be something in this space and I would be willing to come back and consider this on Report Stage. What we ought to be trying to do is not be prescriptive. We should not set...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: No. People who are on a list now could get priority, but that priority would end five years after the Bill is passed.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: It would, yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: This is imposing a restriction where there was none before. It is actually reducing the extent to which schools can engage in the practice. They did not face a restriction before. The empirical evidence is that the higher ceilings have applied in schools in which it is the custom and practice. This measure is restricting some schools in giving priority to the children of past pupils. It...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: This is the debate we had earlier. While I can understand what the Deputies are seeking to do, amending these sections would not in any way change the Equal Status Act 2000 and would not have the effect that Deputies intend. I have, however, indicated that we will deal with the Equal Status Act 2000 and when we make whatever changes are agreed there will be consequential changes in this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 41:In page 7, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:"(v) in the case of a school that, with the approval of the Minister, provides an education exclusively for students with a specified category or categories of special educational needs, where the student does not have the specified category of special educational needs concerned, or (vi) in the case of a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 44:In page 7, to delete lines 28 to 39, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 17 and substitute the following:"(d) set out the selection criteria which shall be applied where the school is oversubscribed, (e) provide that the school shall not apply the following selection criteria where the school is oversubscribed:(i) a student's prior attendance at a specified category...