I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
Education Bill, 1997: Order for Second Stage.
Bill entitled an Act to make provision in the interests of the common good for the education of every child in the State, including any child with a disability or special educational needs, and to provide generally for primary, post-primary, adult and continuing education and vocational education and training; to ensure that the educational system is accountable to students, their parents and the State for the education provided, respects the diversity of values, beliefs and traditions in Irish society and is conducted in a spirit of partnership between schools, patrons, students, parents, staff and the State; to make provision for the establishment and maintenance of education boards, to provide for the recognition and funding of schools and their management through boards of management, to provide for an inspectorate of schools, and to provide for related matters.
Question put and agreed to.