• Verification of identity and date of birth;
• Verification and assessment of admission criteria;
• Allocation of teachers and resources to the school; and
• School administration,

all of which are tasks carried out pursuant to various statutory duties to which Laois Offaly ETB is subject.

Failure to provide the requested information may result in the application being deemed invalid and an offer of a place may not be made.

The personal data disclosed in this Application Form may be communicated internally within Laois Offaly ETB for the purpose of determining the applicability of the selection criteria and possibly with the patron or board of management of other schools in order to facilitate the efficient admission of students, pursuant to section 66(6) of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 9 of the (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018.

The personal data provided in this Application Form will be kept for 7 years from the date on which the student turns 18 years of age, unless there is a statutory requirement to retain some or all elements of the data for a further period or indefinitely, in line with Laois Offaly ETB’s Data Retention Policy, which can be found at www.loetb.ie

A copy of the full Laois Offaly ETB Data Protection Policy is available at www.loetb.ie or from the school office.

Any person who provides personal data through this Application Form has a right to request access to that data. S/he also has a right to request the changing of any information if it is factually incorrect. A request for erasure of the data can also be made by or on behalf of the data subject but this will only be acceded to where the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and where Laois Offaly ETB does not have a legal basis for retaining it.

If you as a data subject have any complaints regarding the processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission.