Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for the education of people with disabilities, to provide that, to the greatest extent practicable, people with disabilities shall have the same right to avail of, and benefit from, appropriate education as do their peers who do not have disabilities, to assist children with disabilities to leave school with the skills necessary to participate, to the greatest extent practicable, in an inclusive way in the social and economic activities of society and to live independent and fulfilled lives, to provide for consultation with parents of children with disabilities in relation to the education of those children, to ensure that schools and public bodies involved in the education of people with disabilities act in a co-ordinated way in the interests of those people, for those purposes to establish a body to be known as the National Council for Special Education and to define its functions, to confer certain functions on health boards in relation to the education of people with disabilities, to enable certain decisions made in relation to the education of people with disabilities to be the subject of an appeal to an Appeals Board and to provide for related matters.
Last updated: 27 Mar 2003
History of this Bill
The Bill lapsed with the dissolution of the Dáil and Seanad
25 Apr 2002
Seanad Éireann
Dáil Éireann
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Seanad First Stage
22 Mar 2002
Seanad First Stage
The Bill is initiated or presented to the House
22 Mar 2002
Completed
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Seanad Second Stage
26 Mar 2002
Seanad Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
26 Mar 2002
Completed
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Seanad Third Stage
27 Mar 2002
Seanad Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)27 Mar 2002
Completed
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Seanad Fourth Stage
4 Apr 2002
Seanad Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)4 Apr 2002
Completed
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Seanad Fifth Stage
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Seanad Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made and it is set down for Second Stage in the Dáil
(Also known as Final Stage)n/a
Future Stage
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Dáil First Stage
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Dáil First Stage
The Bill is deemed to have passed Dáil First Stage
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Future Stage
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Dáil Second Stage
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Dáil Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
n/a
Future Stage
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Dáil Third Stage
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Dáil Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)n/a
Future Stage
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Dáil Fourth Stage
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Dáil Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)n/a
Future Stage
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Dáil Fifth Stage
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Dáil Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made
(Also known as Final Stage)n/a
Future Stage
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Enacted
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Enacted
The Bill is signed into law by the President
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Future Stage
27 Mar 2003
As amended in Committee (Seanad Éireann]
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2002
4 Apr 2002
As Passed by Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2002
4 Apr 2002
As initiated
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill 2002
This list of debates may not be complete. You can also search directly for this Bill within the Debates section.
Debates
4 Apr 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages.
27 Mar 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
27 Mar 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
27 Mar 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.
26 Mar 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
26 Mar 2002
Seanad Éireann
Education for Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2002: Order for Second Stage.