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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 65:In page 18, lines 14 and 15, to delete “the intake group” and substitute “admission to the school”.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 66:In page 18, to delete lines 29 to 34 and substitute the following: “(i) whether or not he or she has accepted an offer of admission for another school or schools and, where the applicant has so accepted, he or she shall provide details of the offer or offers concerned, and (ii) whether or not he or she has applied for and is awaiting confirmation of an offer...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 67:In page 18, lines 37 to 39, to delete all words from and including “details” in line 37 down to and including line 39 and substitute the following: “details of the student’s ranking against the selection criteria and details of the student’s place on the waiting list,”. The Bill currently provides in Section 67(7)(k)) for an...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 50:In page 16, line 32, to delete “or special class concerned”.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 51:In page 16, to delete line 33. Amendment No. 51 relates to a typographical error in the Bill. It deletes line 33 of page 11 where the word "or" was incorrectly inserted.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 49:In page 16, line 30, to delete "and" and substitute "including, where appropriate,".

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

Richard Bruton: I appeal for the support of the House in not delaying the Bill. There are a lot of good elements in the Bill that I would not like to see lost. I reiterate what a number of Deputies have already said. We do not want to breach sound educational principles that are embedded in the Bill. We should not have tests of access for parents. That should not be how we decide a child's entry to...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 46:In page 15, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(e) a school that, with the approval of the Minister, provides an education exclusively for students with a category or categories of special educational needs specified by the Minister, the admission statement of the school shall include a statement that the school may refuse to admit a student who...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 47:In page 16, lines 23 and 24, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “, within the prescribed period,”. This amendment provides for the board of management to publish its admission policy once it has been approved by the patron. The Bill currently provides for the board to do so as soon as practicable after the patron has approved...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 48:In page 16, to delete line 28 and substitute the following:“(b) include an admission statement and set out—(i) in the case of a school that, with the approval of the Minister, provides an education exclusively for students with a category or categories of special educational needs specified by the Minister, the category or categories or special...

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

Richard Bruton: I see. In that event, I am content. I do not want to lose the principle as it is acceptable. I also do not want to send forward legislation that has not been adequately scrutinised or, if we lose our amendments and the Deputies' are accepted, to have to bring it back here. As there was a collective effort on Committee Stage to deal with this issue, I am quite happy to try to find a...

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

Richard Bruton: I will take time to explain what is at stake. The backdrop to the provision is that on Committee Stage we discussed this issue. A number of Opposition Deputies were keen for us to introduce a provision to allow children with a level of fluency preferential access to Gaelscoileanna and ensure that it would be an acceptable basis and not breach the Equal Status Act. It was on that basis that...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 43:In page 15, line 21, after "section 7(3)(c)" to insert "(amended by section 10(a)(i)of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018)".

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 44:In page 15, to delete lines 27 to 29 and substitute the following:“others, (c) a school to which section 7(3)(ca) (inserted by section 10(a)(ii)of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018) of the Act of 2000 applies, whose objective is to provide education in an environment which promotes certain religious values, the admission statement of the school...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 38:In page 15, line 20, to delete “and”.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 32:In page 14, to delete lines 15 to 22 and substitute the following:“ ‘oversubscribed’, in relation to a school, means— (a) in respect of the intake group of the school, that the number of students seeking admission to the intake group is greater than the number of places being made available by the school in respect of the intake group...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 33:In page 14, to delete line 23 and substitute the following:“ ‘school’ means a recognised school other than a recognised school that is situated in a hospital or approved centre (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001) which is specified in a list of such schools published by the Minister from time to time;”.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 34:In page 14, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“ ‘school year’, in relation to a school, means the period commencing on the day the school reopens for tuition after the school’s summer holidays and ending on the last day in the following year that the school is open for tuition before the commencement of the school’s...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 35:In page 14, to delete lines 24 to 27 and substitute the following:“ ‘special class’ means a class that has, with the approval of the Minister, been established by a school to provide an education exclusively for students with a category or categories of special educational needs specified by the Minister;”. I brought forward amendments on...

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

Richard Bruton: I agree with the Deputy's comment. It shows the value of Committee Stage scrutiny which has brought a greater clarity to the provisions. In the past 48 hours I heard the same concern expressed about growing insurance liability. I do not know what is driving that but it seems to be an issue which has arisen quite suddenly in respect of some special schools. I will ask my officials to...