INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister), Department of Education; Aoife Conduit (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; Tomás Ó Ruairc (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; Paul Melia (Special Advisor), Department of Education

Intent: Provide adequate investment in primary and special education Speed up the delivery of the local bargaining process guaranteed under the public service pay Provide adequate supports, resources and training required to deliver inclusive education, curricular change and other major reforms sought by Government.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Seeking an amendment to maternity leave that would allow employees to pause maternity leave to take bereavement leave.

Methods: MeetingVirtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education

Intent: For Government to give a commitment to reduce class sizes in primary and special schools; prioritise a plan to ensure that every child in Ireland will be taught by a fully qualified primary teacher every day; obtain progress on claims for qualification allowances - instruct officials to conclude and implement the local bargaining process without delay with arrears paid from 1 September.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To highlight the disparity between the funding of post-primary schools and primary schools Increase in the capitation grant for primary schools Ireland's direct funding of primary education is € 812 per student per annum less than the OECD average according to Education at a glance 2024. To close this deficit the DEY would need to increase investment by €203 per student in the remaining years of the current government provided that other OECD nations stood still.

Methods: Seanad Éireann.

Politician(s) lobbied: Dalton Tattan (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; Patrick Sullivan (Assistant Chief Executive), National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Intent: Amend the current model for implementing the new primary maths curriculum That future curriculum roll out should include:- inservice training that allows for an agreed number of whole school planning days facilitated by Oide- school closures to facilitate whole school planning for teaching staffs- financial support that allows for an annual curriculum grant for the purchase of new resources and materials- ::- remuneration for teachers tasked with additional training and upskilling outside of planning days

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: Reduce class size to 19 in mainstream schools and to 15 in Deis band 1 schools; Agree amount of time with sub cover to be made available to school staff for collaborative activitiesThe provision of two weekly leadership and management days per teaching principal The reduction of the appointment figures for admin principals to 150 pupils and admin deputy principals to 400 pupilsThe availability of release time for deputy principals who do not have admin deputy principals::Provide time and resources for teacher professional development regarding the Guidance on Preparation for Teaching and LearningDeliver guidance around school policies for communication with parents Supply holistic support for children with special educational needs such as therapy services, behaviour supports and socio-emotional counselling.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Education; Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: INTO calls for a two-point reduction in primary class sizes this year. This would require 750 teaching posts many of which would not be new posts but rather would be retained posts that otherwise will be lost.Reducing class sizes by two pupils would have a transformative effect on primaryeducation. It would allow teachers to better respond to the wide and evolving range of pupil's needs in classrooms and assist with the enactment of the new curriculum.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Education; Michael Moynihan (Minister of State), Department of Education

Intent: Improvements in the primary school staffing schedule.

Methods: Informal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Assault Leave Legislation to protect INTO members in their workplace

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Intent: A future generations commissioner for IrelandIreland to adopt optional protocol 4 to the UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildIrish government progress on the sustainable development goal and the swift formation and enaction of the next national implementation plan for sustainable development.

Methods: Meeting