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Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 132:132.In page 31, line 36, to delete “section 29D or 29E” and substitute “section 29D, 29E, 66, 67(1) or 67(3)”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 133:133.In page 31, line 37, to delete “is not so complying” and substitute “has not so complied”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 134:134.In page 32, to delete line 28 and substitute “Minister’s opinion.”. Amendment No. 134 deletes the reference to section 72C in relation to the board's failure to comply with the direction, and replaces it with "Minister's opinion". Deleting this wording ensures clarity that the board may make representations with regard to the Minister's...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 135:In page 33, to delete line 17 and substitute “carry out the remedial action set out in the direction under section 69.”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 136:In page 33, lines 24 and 25, to delete all words from and including “comply” in line 24 down to and including line 25 and substitute the following:“carry out the remedial action set out in the direction under section 69 within such period as the patron, with the consent of the Minister, may direct.”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 137:In page 34, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Amendment of Equal Status Act 200010. The Equal Status Act 2000 is amended--(a) in section 7(3)--(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):“(c) where the establishment is a school (other than a recognised primary school) providing primary or post-primary education to...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 141:In page 34, lines 16, to delete “section 9 and paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 10” and substitute “sections 9, 10and paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of section 10”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 142:In page 34, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(3) The Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2015 and section 10may be cited together as the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018.”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 143:In page 34, line 18, to delete “This Act” and substitute “Subject to subsection (4), this Act”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 144:In page 34, after line 21, to insert the following:“(4) Section 10shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Education and Skills may, after consultation with the Minister for Justice and Equality, appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I thank all Members, both of the education committee and the House, for their co-operation on the Bill. It is good legislation. Ireland is changing and we need to change with it. Citizens' expectations of the education system have changed. This Bill will go some distance towards ensuring that we keep up with those changes. No doubt, they will continue in the years ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools, which have enrolled students with special educational needs, in order to ensure that wherever a child is enrolled, s/he will have access to an appropriate education.  Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school.  The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. The application will be assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware my Department approved funding for the school referred to, in June 2016, to provide additional mainstream classroom accommodation to cater for an increase in enrolment which resulted in the appointment of an additional mainstream teaching post.  In that regard, it is open to the school to submit a further application in the future, under my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: As you will be aware, I was very pleased to announce on the 18th May 2018 that 800 additional Special Needs Assistants will be allocated for the beginning of the next school year, with a further 140 expected to be allocated by the end of the year. I was also pleased to be able to make the announcement in May, in keeping with the commitment made last year to inform...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question recently wrote to my Department advising that it expects enrolments to increase in the coming academic year 2018/2019. My Department contacted the school and advised the Principal that should enrolment increase to a level that would warrant the appointment of an additional teacher, it is then open to the school to submit an application...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The position is that under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school. I understand that a National Steering Group on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (30 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers has appealed my Departments decision not to approve an emergency works grant application.  This appeal is under consideration and a decision will issue to the school authority as soon as possible.