Many schools are telling parents that curriculum Religious Education is not Religious Instruction and therefore the right to not attend does not arise. The Department of Education claims that Religious Instruction is 'instruction in the rites of one particular religion.' This argument has no legal basis. It is just a ...
Atheist Ireland has written to the Minister for Education and the Comptroller and Auditor General about the misuse of public funds for in-service training of religion teachers in conjunction with Roman Catholic Diocesan Advisers. This is the letter that we have sent to the Minister. We also attach a letter ...
Back to school and back to €9.8 million for faith formation in ETB schools and colleges. That's how much the Department of Education spends per year on 156 Chaplains in ETB schools, which are supposed to be the alternative to denominational schools. This €9.8 million is paid to help Catholic and ...
Students are returning to school and many will face the prospect of being forced to take religion class. If they do manage to not participate, they are left sitting at the back of the class. The right to ‘not attend’ is written into the Constitution, it is not a matter ...
A new school year is starting. It will be another year where the State ignores the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in publicly funded schools. The Minister for Education, Norma Foley continues to ignore her duty to protect the right to freedom of conscience and religion of minorities ...
Under the Irish Constitution, parents have the explicit right for their children to 'not attend' religious instruction in publicly funded schools, and the implicit right for their children to 'not attend' instruction in any subject that is against their conscience. Article 44.2.4 Article 44.2.4 of the Constitution explicitly gives parents the ...
In the recent Burke case the Court of Appeal said that case law demonstrates that there are Constitutional rules around the education system in relation to parents, the state, and the child. In this case the Minister for Education had argued that her only Constitutional duty was not to destroy these ...
Atheist Ireland has sent the following Letter and Briefing Document for TDs and Senators regarding the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 and the Constitutional right to ‘not attend’ religious instruction in publicly-funded schools Dear TD/Senator, The Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 is making its way through ...
The Irish Times has reported that religion teachers have complained about Catholic students being bullied because they are different. They are correct to raise this issue. No student should be treated differently because of their religious beliefs or those of their parents. But the empathy of religion teachers for people ...
The syllabus Religious Education Course was updated in 2019. The NCCA recently removed from its website the names of the Religious Education Reference Group members who shaped the course. In the interests of transparency, we have published their names below. This Religious Education Reference Group was heavily influenced by religious ...
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