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

Richard Bruton: The use of the words "where appropriate" refers to circumstances in which an application for admission is being made in respect of such a child. This amendment must be looked at in conjunction with amendment No. 50, which proposes the deletion of the words "or special class concerned" from section 62(7)(c)(i) of the Bill so that it states that an admission policy shall "provide that the...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 8:In page 5, line 3, to delete ", or a special class in the school,".

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 9:In page 5, line 6, after "the student" to insert "(each of whom is, in this section and sections 29A to 29F, referred to as an applicant)". Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are proofing amendments which clarify that where a reference is made to an "applicant" in the provisions of the Bill relating to section 29 of the Education Act 1998, this means the parent, or in the case of...

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

Richard Bruton: We will provide such support, for example, in the form of guidelines. Where necessary, we will organise sessions where advice will be given to schools that are adjusting their admission policies. While we are making admission policy much more transparent, we are aware that many schools already have written admission policies that contain elements of what we are providing for here. For many...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 10:In page 5, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:" 'applicant' has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1);".

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 11:In page 5, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:" 'school year' has the same meaning as it has in Part X (inserted by section 8of 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. 12:In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:"(5) The Minister may, where he or she considers it necessary to do so—(a) prior to an oral hearing in respect of an appeal under section 29(1)(a), (b) or (c)(ii), or (b) prior to the examination and determination of an appeal under section 29(1)(c)(i),replace a member of an appeals committee (including...

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 7:In page 5, line 1, to delete “, or a special class in the school,”. Amendments Nos. 7, 8, 18, 32, 49, 50, 65 and 92 are proofing amendments connected to the definition of oversubscribed. They remove explicit references in the Bill to a special class being oversubscribed as the definition of oversubscribed already explicitly incorporates oversubscription...

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

Richard Bruton: Is the Deputy ruling out Educate Together?

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

Richard Bruton: Yes.

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

Richard Bruton: It is difficult to cover in two minutes all that has been said. Of course everyone recognises that Ireland is changing, but we also start from a position where 95% of schools are denominated and 99% of schools are privately owned. What we are really discussing is how to address the absolute constitutional right of a child to opt out of the religious activities within the school, if he or...

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy can learn sitting at the feet of the master.

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

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, lines 16 to 18, to delete all words from and including "the" where it secondly occurs in line 16 down to and including "2004," in line 18 and substitute the following:"the Education (Welfare) Act 2000, the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007,". Amendment No. 3 is a proofing...

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

Richard Bruton: My amendment No. 69 amends the provision of the Bill which requires schools to set out their arrangements for children who wish to opt out of religious instruction classes to provide that such arrangements will not involve any reduction in the school day for the children concerned.

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...