Schools cannot oblige students to attend Syllabus Religious Education at second level
Syllabus Religious Education at second level is not an objective course about religions and beliefs, and parents have a Constitutional right to ensure that their children do not attend this class. You can find information, and a sample letter for Catholic and ETB schools and colleges, on our website Teach, ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee July 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 27 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-to-PAC-27-July-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC 27 July 2022"]
Public Accounts Committee letter to Atheist Ireland July 2022
The Public Accounts Committee wrote this letter to Atheist Ireland 4 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/S0914-PAC33-Atheist-Ireland-mtg-02.06.2022.pdf" title="S0914 PAC33 - Atheist Ireland mtg 02.06.2022"]
Schools ignore legal duty to publish arrangements for children who do not attend religious instruction
In the last few weeks parents of children who are starting school this September are attending meetings in schools where information about the school and the procedures is conveyed. Unfortunately no information is given on the right to not attend religious instruction at these meetings or in the Admission policies ...
Catholic Bishops lobby for the right to discriminate against non-Catholic children
Catholic Bishops lobbied the Government last June to change the law, so they could once again be allowed to discriminate against non-Catholic children in access to publicly funded primary schools. RTE's Emma O'Kelly reported that the Bishops said their support for divesting a small number of publicly funded primary schools ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee June 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 11 June 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-PAC-June-22-.pdf" title="AI PAC June 22"]
Minister for Education gives misleading Dail answer about the right to not attend religious instruction
When protecting the right of children to not attend religious instruction in schools receiving public money, it is important to use the language in the Constitution. In particular, the right to “not attend” must not be conflated with “opting out” or “not participating”. These ambiguous phrases have no basis in ...
The constitutional rights of nonreligious parents in Irish schools
Atheist Ireland continues to campaign to protect the constitutional rights of all families in the education system. Parents have positive inalienable rights regarding the education of their children, and nonreligious parents have the same positive rights as religious parents. These rights come under: Article 41.1 and 42.1 “The State recognises ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee May 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 24 May 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-to-PAC-24-May-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC 24 May 2022"]
Letter from Public Accounts Committee to Atheist Ireland
The Public Accounts Committee wrote this letter to Atheist Ireland on 17 May 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/S0849-PAC33-Atheist-Ireland-mtg-28.04.2022.pdf" title="S0849 PAC33 - Atheist Ireland mtg 28.04.2022"]