New Atheist Ireland report – Schools are still defying the law on admission policies
Two years ago, in October 2020, we published a report on how 100 sample schools were defying the legal requirement to publish an Admission Policy which must include details of the school’s arrangements for students who do not want to attend religious instruction. We brought the results to the attention ...
Department of Education writes to Public Accounts Committee re Atheist Ireland report
This is a letter from the Department of Education to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on 25 March 2022, in response to Atheist Ireland’s complaint to the Public Accounts Committee. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-03-29_dept-of-ed-to-pac.pdf" title="2022-03-29_dept of ed to pac"]
NCCA writes to Public Accounts Committee re Atheist Ireland report
This is a letter from the NCCA to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on 8 March 2022, in response to Atheist Ireland's complaint to the Public Accounts Committee. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-03-10_ncca-to-PAC.pdf" title="2022-03-10_ncca to PAC"]
Atheist Ireland writes to Public Accounts Committee and C&AG
This is a letter from Atheist Ireland to the Comptroller and Auditor General on 8 February 2022, and to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on 15 February 2022, following the Supreme Court judgment in the Burke case. This is a follow-up to our complaint from December 2021. On page 16 ...
Atheist Ireland writes to Minister for Education regarding religious instruction
This is a letter from Atheist Ireland to the Minister for Education on 21 January 2022, in response to her letter to us on 17 January. We copied it to the Oireachtas Education and Public Accounts Committees, and the Comptroller and Auditor General. Dear Minister Foley, Thank you for your ...
Minister for Education writes to Atheist Ireland regarding religious instruction
This is a letter from the Minister for Education to Atheist Ireland on 17 January 2022. It is the same letter that a Department official sent to us on 26 November 2021, but with the Minister's signature. Dear Mr. Nugent and Ms. Donnelly, Thank you for your letter. At the ...
Atheist Ireland asks Minister to respect parents’ rights in education system after Burke case
Atheist Ireland has written to the Minister for Education and all of the political party Education spokespersons, to seek meetings to discuss the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the Burke case (Burke v Minister for Education 9.3.21). We believe that this case vindicates our Constitutional right to ensure ...
Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadiyya Muslims ask UN to strengthen secularism in Ireland
Ireland will be questioned this year by the United Nations Human Rights Council under a process called the Universal Periodic Review. Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, have made this joint submission to UN on freedom of religion and belief in Ireland. ...
New Atheist Ireland report – Schools are defying new law on admission policies
A new Atheist Ireland report shows that schools are defying a new law on admission policies. Carl O'Brien of the Irish Times has written about this report this morning. Section 62.7(n) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 requires schools to publish an admission policy which will include details ...
Schools teach relevance of religion, as relevance of religion declines
A new specification for religious education in Irish schools aims to teach all children about the relevance of religion to their lives, just as the number of couples choosing a religious marriage is consistently decreasing year on year. Last September, a new specification for NCCA Religious Education was introduced in ...