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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Ms Reid O'Doherty might address whether the new power the National Educational Welfare Board is given under the Act helps.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy O'Brien indicated to ask another question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. Malone mean the new education and training boards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Would Mr. Malone explain what the education centre is because I am not familiar with it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Is that a State body? One would not have one in our areas. What is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank Ms Duggan. Does Mr. Suttle wish to come back on any of the issues raised in the course of the questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: We can return to Mr. Suttle if he has anything else to contribute. Before returning to Sr. Marie Céline Clegg, has Senator Moran any questions she wishes to raise?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Other members also may have further questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: To clarify, because I would have made this point at the previous meeting, I do not favour a model of Catholic education. I favour a model of State multidenominational education. However, I suppose it is just in terms of how things work out in practice, that it is not just the birth certificate requirement as being the only discrimination. First come, first served is another one. I should...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I will come back to the other members of the panel but I will take more questions from members. I call Senator Marie Louise O'Donnell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I will come back to Ms Duggan on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I will come back to Mr. McCabe on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I have some questions, the first of which relates to the point made by Ms Reid O'Doherty. The Bill deletes the previous section 29 but brings in a new power for the National Educational Welfare Board to designate that schools must take not just special needs pupils, but students who have been refused admission because of oversupply or whatever. What are the witnesses' views on that? I will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: A question was directed at Ms Reid O’Doherty. Deputy O’Brien asked whether section 29 is flawed. Does she have any comments on how to reform it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I will stop Ms Reid O'Doherty. We will come back to her but I will allow Mr. McCabe and then Mr. Malone because specific reference was made to them. Does Mr. McCabe have any comments to make? Some speakers welcomed his presence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. Malone wish to make a comment in response?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank Ms O'Grady. She kept within the five-minute timeframe even though I interrupted her. We will move on to questions and our committee has a practice of starting with the Opposition spokespersons. I call Deputy McConalogue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I call Deputy Ó Ríordáin and following his questions I will go back to the panel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: As a specific question was put to Sr. Clegg, I will call her first to respond to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: I must ask Ms Reid O'Doherty to conclude. She is well over the five minutes allocated.