Results 441-460 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 72: In page 10, line 14, after "expertise" to insert "and qualifications". On Committee Stage, Deputies Enright and Stanton made the point that experts permitted to participate in the assessment process should have recognised qualifications. That obviously makes sense so I have proposed this amendment to section 5 in order to reflect and underline that point.
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: There is nothing in the Bill that prevents teachers from being included. That is the desire. I spoke with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel on the issue and it was clearly stated that under the Interpretation Acts, a word in the singular also includes the plural unless it is stated that there is a clear contrary intention. If the Bill contained the phrase "a teacher and one teacher...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 77: In page 11, line 14, to delete "he, she or". This is a technical amendment. Section 5(8) refers to the health board or the council so we should not refer to "he" or "she", we should refer to "it".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 78: In page 11, line 16, to delete "needs." and substitute the following: "needs; the parents of the child shall be informed by the board or the Council of the fact of its having so made available all or part of that statement, and of the identity of the person or persons to whom it has been made available, as soon as may be after it has done so.".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: If we go back to where we were, we would have to re-insert the definition of "support services" in the Bill and we would once again narrow the focus of the legislation. The reliance on that definition is likely to narrow the meaning of the word "services" and what we want is best achieved by just including the word "services" because that expression covers the whole range, not just in...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy is right. There was a long and detailed discussion on making available the services of the health board or council as soon as practicable. As a result of the exchanges on Committee Stage, it was agreed that a child should not be precluded from receiving the benefit of services merely because an appeal is pending. It is particularly important that a child should not needlessly miss...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: It is an oral amendment to the Bill. It makes it stronger. Deputies Enright and Stanton have also pointed out in amendment No. 95 a typographical error in the Bill, which my amendment No. 94 will correct. A reference to "Appeal Board" should read "Appeals Board". Amendment No. 96 requires that the appeals board, in making its determination, has regard to the effective delivery of support...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 90: In page 12, line 13, to delete "3 months" and substitute "2 months".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 92: In page 12, line 15, after "determination" to insert "(and which determination shall be made within 2 months from its referral)".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 94: In page 12, line 16, to delete "Appeal" and substitute "Appeals".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move the following oral amendment: In page 12, subsection 5, line 16, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 99: In page 12, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(7) The provision of services under subsection (1) or (3) by a health board or the Council shall be made as soon as practicable after the completion of the assessment or, as the case may be, the preparation of the education plan in respect of the child concerned. (8) The fact thatââ (a) an appeal...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 102: In page 12, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(2) The preparation of an education plan under this section shall commence not later than 1 month from the direction concerned referred to in subsection (1) being given and be completed without undue delay and, in any case, not later than 2 months from its being commenced.". Unlike school-based education...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 103: In page 12, lines 39 and 40, to delete "educational disability" and substitute "special educational needs".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 105: In page 13, lines 1 and 2, to delete "educational disabilities" and substitute "special educational needs".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 107: In page 13, to delete lines 28 to 34 and substitute the following: "(b) the nature and degree of the child's special educational needs and how those needs affect his or her educational development; (c) the present level of educational performance of the child;". On Committee Stage, Deputies Enright and Stanton suggested that the education plan should refer to a...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 109: In page 14, lines 1 and 2, to delete "or educational disability (being a category of such need or disability" and substitute "(being a category of such need".
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: That provision for children with special educational needs should be informed by best international practice is now included in the Long Title of the Bill as a result of amendment No. 1, as Deputy Enright has indicated. It was part of the amendment put forward by Deputy O'Sullivan. The entirety of the Bill is to be informed by best international practice. The council will also have a role,...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 112: In page 14, lines 31 to 33, to delete all words from and including "a" in line 31 down to and including "transferred" in line 33 and substitute the following: "it is proposed to amend a child's education plan pursuant to subsection (8) (b) the principal of the school to which the child is to be transferred shall inform the parents of the child of the proposed...
- Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed). (13 May 2004)
Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 113: In page 14, to delete lines 44 to 47 and substitute the following: "10.â(1) The Council mayââ (a) of its own volition, or (b) at the request of a the parents of a child in respect of whom an education plan has been prepared under section 8(1), designate the school which a child with special educational needs or, in the case of request under paragraph (b), the...