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S.I. No. 405/2023 - Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 12) (Reservation of Vocational Training Places) Order 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th August, 2023.

I, NORMA FOLEY, Minister for Education, following an application to me by Dublin City University (the University having received representations made to them by the Church of Ireland Teacher Education Designated Activity Company (Companies Registration Office No. 590327), which was formed, to represent the interests of the Church of Ireland community as they relate to teacher education, as a result of the incorporation of the Church of Ireland College of Education into the University) hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21 of 1998) (as adapted by the Education and Skills (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 450 of 2020 ), the Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 436 of 2020 ) and the Children and Youth Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 437 of 2020 )), and with the consent of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to section 3 (2) of that Act , a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1. This Order may be cited as the Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 12) (Reservation of Vocational Training Places) Order 2023.

2. Dublin City University may reserve 32 places in its vocational education courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Education and commencing in the academic years 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026, 2026/2027 and 2027/2028, being such number of places as seem reasonably necessary to the Minister for Education to meet the purposes set out in section 12 (4) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21 of 1998).

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth consents to the making of the foregoing order.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 August, 2023.

RODERIC O’GORMAN,

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 July, 2023.

NORMA FOLEY,

Minister for Education.