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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 5)
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Highlight the issues of reconfiguration and parental choice; the Nurture approach; the need for management bodies to be better funded to support Board of Managements; and student participation, in particular consulting with young people in policy development.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Attended the Fine Gael Education Stakeholder meeting in Leinster House |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Cliodhna O’Neill (Acting Assistant Secretary), Department of Education
Intent: Met with Cliodhna O'Neill to inform her of Educate Together's position on school funding, developing schools, student participation, reconfiguration and parental complaints and to hear her views.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussed school funding |
| — | developing schools |
| — | student participation |
| — | reconfiguration and parental complaints. |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Met with Sorca Clarke TD to inform her of Educate Together's position on school funding, supports for students with additional needs and funding for schools and to hear her views.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Discussion about schools funding. |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Met Gary Gannon TD in August to discuss the need for a Citizens Assembly and the need for a more concrete plan, and funding, for school reconfiguration.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Raise the issue of the need for funding for the school reconfiguration programme. |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Bernie McNally (Secretary General), Department of Education
Intent: CEO met with the Secretary General to discuss planned reconfiguration survey and Educate Together's pre-budget submission.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Inform about Educate Together's position on the DE's planned reconfiguration survey and Educate Together's pre-budget submission. |
2024-09-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: ET staff attended the Fine Gael Education Stakeholder meeting in Leinster House on 2nd September 2024, facilitated by Minister Hildergarde Naughton. The aim of the discussion was to focus on input for the next Fine Gael manifesto for the general election.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Highlighted the issues of reconfiguration and parental choice; the Nurture approach; the need for management bodies to be better funded to support Board of Managements; and student participation |
| — | in particular consulting with young people in policy development. |
2024-05-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Hubert Loftus (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education
Intent: The outcome being to continue to increase the number of equality-based school places in Ireland and to ensure all schools are in permanent buildings.
Methods: Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Conversation about school buildings and about Educate Together / ETB partnership schools |
2024-01-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Hubert Loftus (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; Deirdre Shanley (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education
Intent: To advocate for increased funding to Educate Together in line with services carried out as a school patron and management body
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Meeting with the Department RE Educate Together's funding needs |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Share Educate Together's positions on the programme for reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Sorca Clarke met with Educate Together around the issues of reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education. |
2023-09-18
Politician(s) lobbied: Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Share Educate Together's positions on the programme for reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education.
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Luke O'Shaughnessy met Gary Gannon TD and Neasa Hourigan TD at an event in Grace Park ETNS and followed up with an email and briefing notes. The email invited both TDs to meet with Educate Together around the issues of reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education. |
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