STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 319 of 2003

ORDER

entitled

Employment Equality Act 1998 (section 12) (Church of Ireland College of Education) Order 2003

To be made by the Minister for

Education and Science

I, Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science, following an application to me in that behalf by the Church of Ireland College of Education and with the consent of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 ( No. 21 of 1998 ), make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to section 3(3) 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) (Church of Ireland College of Education) Order 2003.

2.      The Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, in the city of Dublin, may reserve 32 places in its vocational education courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Education of the University of Dublin and commencing in the academic years 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/07 and 2007/08, being such number of places as seem reasonably necessary to the Minister for Education and Science to meet the purposes set out in section 12(4) of No. 21 of 1998 ).

I, Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, hereby consent to the making of the foregoing Order.