E/C.12/IRL/CO/3 Right to education 31. The Committee is concerned at the discrimination faced by children with disabilities, migrant children, children belonging to a religious minority, Traveller and Roma children, including: (a) Legal provisions, such as section 7 of the Equal Status Act 2000, which allow schools to give preference to admission of students based on religion; (b) Discriminatory criteria against children with special educational needs contained in many admissions policies and the lack of a regulatory framework; (c) Adverse the reduced number abolition of grants to clothing and footwear, (arts. 13 and 14). effects of the austerity measures on the education sector, including of teachers, rationalization of teacher/student support services, schools, increase in transport charges and reduced allowance for which further restrict disadvantaged children from attending schools The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all the measures necessary to bring all relevant laws, including the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2015 in line with international human rights standards and to increase the number of nondenominational schools at the primary and post-primary education levels; (b) Review admissions policies of all schools with a view to removing all discriminatory criteria for enrolment and establish a regulatory mechanism to monitor school policies, including admissions policies; (c) Revoke the disadvantaged children. austerity measures that disproportionately affect 32. The Committee is concerned at the prevalence of Traveller children and children with disabilities in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools action plan and their disproportionately low level of entry to higher education. It is also concerned at the high rate of Traveller children who leave school before the age of 15. The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to promote inclusive education for all, including the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, to ensure equal opportunities for all children to quality education. Travellers 33. The Committee is concerned at the State party’s long-standing non-recognition of Travellers as an ethnic minority. It is also concerned that Travellers are not included as an ethnic minority in anti-discrimination legislation (arts. 2 (2) and 15). The Committee recommends that the State party expedite its efforts to give legal recognition to Travellers as an ethnic minority and include them as an ethnic minority in anti-discrimination legislation. Access to the Internet 34. The Committee is concerned that people living in rural areas have limited access to broadband Internet (art. 15). The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to expand broadband Internet access to rural areas. 10