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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: It would, yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: This is imposing a restriction where there was none before. It is actually reducing the extent to which schools can engage in the practice. They did not face a restriction before. The empirical evidence is that the higher ceilings have applied in schools in which it is the custom and practice. This measure is restricting some schools in giving priority to the children of past pupils. It...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: This is the debate we had earlier. While I can understand what the Deputies are seeking to do, amending these sections would not in any way change the Equal Status Act 2000 and would not have the effect that Deputies intend. I have, however, indicated that we will deal with the Equal Status Act 2000 and when we make whatever changes are agreed there will be consequential changes in this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 41:In page 7, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:"(v) in the case of a school that, with the approval of the Minister, provides an education exclusively for students with a specified category or categories of special educational needs, where the student does not have the specified category of special educational needs concerned, or (vi) in the case of a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 44:In page 7, to delete lines 28 to 39, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 17 and substitute the following:"(d) set out the selection criteria which shall be applied where the school is oversubscribed, (e) provide that the school shall not apply the following selection criteria where the school is oversubscribed:(i) a student's prior attendance at a specified category...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 49:In page 8, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "Annual admission notice 63.(1) Subject to this Act and any regulations made under this Act, the board of a school shall, each year, prepare a notice (in this Part referred to as an 'annual admission notice') in respect of the admission of students to the intake group of the school for the school year...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 50:In page 8, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following:"64.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a board or person acting on a board's behalf shall not charge fees for, or seek payments or contributions (howsoever described) as a condition of—". Amendment No. 50 ensures that a board can still receive voluntary contributions by replacing the term "in respect...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 51:In page 8, line 31, to delete “relate” and substitute “relate solely”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 52:In page 8, line 37, to delete “64. (1) The” and substitute “65. (1) The”. Amendment No. 52 is a consequential numbering amendment resulting from the introduction of a new subsection for the annual admission notice. Amendment No. 54 has additional principles and policies to which the Minister shall have regard when making regulations. ...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Will I comment on amendment No. 53?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Yes. The approach to the Bill is to provide for the option of regulating where it is necessary and proportionate. This is in line with the principle of subsidiarity whereby decision-making is with the board and patron as far as possible. A fundamental feature of our school system is that the governance and management of a school is within the control of the board of management. As a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: No.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Níl.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: It is only if a Deputy calls "Vótáil" that there is a vote.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Is Deputy Nolan asking for a vótáil?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 54:In page 8, lines 37 and 38, to delete “the principles of inclusion and equality of access to and participation in education,” and substitute the following:“the principles of inclusion and equality of access to and participation in education and the principles of efficiency, effectiveness, clarity and fairness for applicants and schools,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 58:In page 9, line 17, to delete “section 62(3)” and substitute “section 62(4)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 59:In page 9, line 28, to delete “paragraphs (a) to (k) of section 62(6)” and substitute “paragraphs (a) to (q) of section 62(7)”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 60:In page 9, to delete lines 37 to 41, and in page 10 to delete lines 1 to 11.