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Dáil Eireann Debate
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Order of Business.
Question put: “That the proposal for dealing with No. 14 be agreed.”
Voted No 
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2003: Report Stage.
I also welcome many of the Minister’s amendments. It demonstrates that when there is good interaction between the Minister and the Opposition on Committee Stage, legislation is strengthened. Many of t...
Amendment No. 16 contains the declaration of principles. I take the Minister’s point that he has incorporated most of those principles in the title of the Bill. I am disappointed, however, that amendm...
The Minister makes the point that some parents might look for an assessment and there might be no need for it. On the other hand, from my experience of health boards, they are quite capable of refusin...
They would have to wait 12 months.
I welcome the taking on board by the Minister of our concerns regarding the definition. We can now accept that dyslexia is categorically included in the definition. That was one of the major concerns ...
I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “2.—It is hereby declared that in enacting this Act, the Oireachtas has had regard to the following principles: (a...
I support this amendment. Implementing it should not be too onerous on the Minister. Under section 34, the council must prepare a report and, under section 37, the appeals board must also prepare one ...
I support this amendment. The Children Act is another Act where it is taking a long time to implement the various sections. It is important that there are deadlines and that these do not become meanin...
I welcome the new wording of section 2 which is an improvement on the original. We had quite a long debate on Committee Stage about the balance of rights between the child with special needs and the o...
Clearly this is an issue of balancing rights. In section 2 we are dealing with the general principles of inclusive education which I think is linked to how schools are designated in section 10. Perhap...
Will this apply to second level schools?
My main concern about this section was that the parents’ opinion was left out and that the principal would decide that the child was not benefiting from the educational programme, but the Minister has...
On a technical point, the word “do” has been left out of paragraph (a) of the Minister’s amendment No. 23. It should read “children who do not have special educational needs”. It is a typographical er...
I was reading an article in the INTO magazine on this Bill. It asked what the main prerequisites would be for effective delivery of provisions at school level to ensure the implementation of the Educa...
I move amendment No. 40: In page 8, line 15, to delete “child” and substitute “child are involved in the preparation of the plan in a spirit of partnership and”. These amendments are about involving t...
I would like clarification of amendment No. 42 in the names of Deputies Enright and Stanton, rather than of my amendment No. 40. I accept the health boards can be approached, and that is part of the B...
I dealt with a principal last year that was willing to take a child with special needs. A number of modifications were required to be made to the school and she used up much of her summer holidays try...
Management of Public Funds: Motion (Resumed).
Amendment put.
Voted No
Written Answers - Food Safety.
Asked the minister: the position regarding the issue of high mercury levels in shark, swordfish, marlin, and tuna on pregnant women and young children in view of the Food Safety Authority’s warning regarding the consumpt...
Written Answers - Harbours and Piers.
Asked the minister: the position in regard to the proposed sale of Balbriggan and Skerries harbours by the Dublin Port Company; if he has met with local fishermen to discuss objections to the sale; and if he will make a ...
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