INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

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

Intent: Clarity on what personnel will conduct educational assessments; To obtain guarantees that this responsibility will not fall on teachers and principals; To get a clear timeframe be defined by which the current backlog of assessments will be cleared; and a commitment that special education provision be properly resourced to ensure timely access to specialist supports for all children with additional educational needs

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: demands that the Department of Education and Youth provides: 1. adequate, sustained funding and resourcing to all schools to support the enactment of the redeveloped curriculum across all five specifications; 2. a coherent, high-quality and sustained model of curriculum support for all schools throughout the full period of enactment, including access to inperson, substitutable and fully funded professional development; ::dedicated and protected planning time, within the school year, to enable individual teachers and whole-school staffs to engage in effective curriculum planning, collaboration and review; 4. the timely publication of a clear enactment timeline and a calendar for all schools which includes all associated training, events and school closures, issued in advance of each academic year; ::the publication of comprehensive guidelines, toolkits and support materials for all subject areas within the five curriculum specifications in advance of the 2026/27 academic year; ::f

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: Clarity on the proposed parent portal

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: Clarity on the proposed parent portal

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: to secure support from NCSE on the new special inclusive classes research project

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Phil Fox (Deputy Director), Teaching Council; Margaret Hynds O’Flanagan (Deputy Director), Teaching Council; Siobhán Healy (Head of Registration), Teaching Council

Intent: To develop guidelines to support employees targeted by harassment related to their professional duties, thus ensuring their duty of care is upheld; and to collaborate with the Teaching Council to streamline the removal of workplace details from the public register.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Martina Mannion (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education; John Kearney (Chief Executive Officer), The National Council for Special Education

Intent: To secure a Department of Education and Youth forward planning Circular

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Aoife Conduit (Assistant Secretary), Department of Education

Intent: Support for INTO research on special education and for her support for INTO Pre Budget Campaign

Methods: Informal communication

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

Intent: To secure a Guidance document for Special Schools on the new post of responsibility appointment procedures as soon as possible.

Methods: Phone call

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

Intent: To secure a Department of Education and Youth forward planning Circular

Methods: Virtual Meeting