INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

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

Intent: teachers bereavement leave.

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

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

Intent: Reduction in class size; flexible and responsive staffing models, fit-for-purpose school buildings, in-school therapies, expansion of NEPS and NCSE, every school has access to HSCL, comprehensive SEN training courses, priority-focused whole staff professional learning and in-person substitutable CPD during school day.

Methods: Meeting

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

Intent: more supports and resources for the new primary curriculum

Methods: Meeting