School Discipline

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2014

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Questions (245, 246)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

245. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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

Question:

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

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

Section 29
-							Went to hearing
-		Withdrawn	Local Resolution	Facilitator Resolution	Upheld at Hearing	Not Upheld at Hearing		Totals
-	Permanent Exclusion
Post Primary		14	0	1	15	37		67
Primary		2	0	1	1	5		9
Total		16	0	2	16	42		76
Refusals to enrol
Post Primary		89	4	16	21	62		192
Primary		64	2	5	30	29		130
Total		153	6	21	51	91		322
Suspensions
Post Primary		2	0	0	2	0		4
Primary			0	0	1	0		1
Total		2	0	0	3	0		5
Total for all Appeals		171	6	23	70	133	0	403
Total Appeals Proceeding to Hearing			203			Total Primary	140
						Total Post Primary	263
						Total Appeals	403