Written answers
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Department of Education and Science
School Enrolments
5:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of appeals taken under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to the Secretary General of her Department, where a student has been refused enrolment of a particular school; if the information in terms of the appeals will be set out in each year over the past five years on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25831/07]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy on a county by county basis is not available within my Department and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. However, primary and post-primary tables providing a breakdown by outcome of Section 29 appeals taken against schools who refused enrolment over the last 5 years are as follows:
Post Primary Stats — Section 29 | ||||||
Refusal to enrol | Withdrawn | Local Resolution | Facilitator Resolution | Upheld at Hearing | Not Upheld at Hearing | Totals |
2003 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 58 |
2004 | 27 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 118 |
2005 | 18 | 39 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 137 |
2006 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 93 |
2007* | 19 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 81 |
Primary Stats — Section 29 | ||||||
Refusal to enrol | Withdrawn | Local Resolution | Facilitator Resolution | Upheld at Hearing | Not Upheld at Hearing | Totals |
2003 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 48 |
2004 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 74 |
2005 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 70 |
2006 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 74 |
2007* | 58 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 162 |
* Please note that stats for each year only include appeals which are completed in that year, ie appeal commencing in Dec '05 but not concluded until Jan '06 will be included in 2006 stats. Also stats for 2007 only include completed appeals up to 23rd October, 2007. |
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