INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Secure a commitment from Government to provide for an additional 1,000 teachers for primary schools in the next four budgets. Ask all members of the Oireachtas to lobby the government on this matter.

Methods: Informal communicationLobby day

Politician(s) lobbied: Yvonne Keating (Chief Inspector), Department of Education; Patrick Sullivan (Assistant Chief Executive), National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Intent: The inspectorate gave a briefing of its current work and referred to its publication of its research report on Bullying. INTO sought updates on the following topics: • Inspections in Schools• Inspectorate support for the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum• Gaeilge, Exemptions from the study of Irish and the Action Plan for Irish in English Medium Schools• Inspectorate Consistency of Message re Relate and Behaviours of Concern

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Bernie McNally (Secretary General), Department of Education

Intent: To progress INTO Congress Resolutions and a meeting with DEY to discuss: Reconfigurement of the operation of the whole school component of Croke Park Hours;Specific posts of responsibility to support the co-ordination (SENCOs) of inclusive education in primary schools; the development of right to disconnect policy; School grant to support the enactment of primary curriculum specifications; A timeframe for the reduction of the primary staffing schedule to 19

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Yvonne Keating (Chief Inspector), Department of Education

Intent: The inspectorate gave a briefing of its current work and referred to its publication of its research report on Bullying. INTO sought updates on the following topics: • Inspections in Schools• Inspectorate support for the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum• Gaeilge, Exemptions from the study of Irish and the Action Plan for Irish in English Medium Schools• Inspectorate Consistency of Message re Relate and Behaviours of Concern

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick Sullivan (Assistant Chief Executive), National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Intent: Additional Supports and Resources for the redeveloped primary curriculum in Irish primary schools.

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Tomás Ó Ruairc (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education

Intent: Secure funding

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Melia (Special Advisor), Department of Education; Yvonne Keating (Chief Inspector), Department of Education; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education

Intent: Improve the terms and conditions of the Teacher Bereavement Leave Scheme which are currently in place.

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: John Kearney (Chief Executive Officer), The National Council for Special Education

Intent: Agreement on the allocation of SNAs and the appeals processes.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Bríd Murphy (Head of Policy and Communications), Teaching Council; Margaret Hynds O’Flanagan (Deputy Director), Teaching Council

Intent: That the placement of student teachers in special education placement is not assessed.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Martina Mannion (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education

Intent: Resourcing of Special Education resourcing of special education, the allocation of Special Classes and forthcoming publication of the Roadmap for Inclusion.

Methods: Informal communication