Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals initiated at primary level in 2013 under the categories of refusal to enrol, suspension and expulsion and the outcome of those appeals. [9044/14]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals initiated at post primary level in 2013 under the categories of refusal to enrol, suspension and expulsion and the outcome of those appeals. [9045/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together.

In 2013, 403 section 29 appeals were lodged to my Department, 140 at primary level and 263 at post primary level.

Out of the 403 appeals lodged 203 of these were heard by a section 29 committee. My officials have provided a full breakdown of these figures on the table below.

Section 29 Appeal Administration Unit: 2013 Statistics