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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Paul Murphy TD to discuss challenges facing Educate Together schools, including oversubscription, lack of new school openings, and the need to roll out the National Survey of parents.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Emer Currie TD to discuss patronage reconfiguration and ask for support to advocate for progress on reconfiguration, including advancing the proposed survey of parents.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Jen Cummins TD at Leinster House to discuss ongoing challenges facing Educate Together schools.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Darren O'Rourke TD to discuss challenges in school choice, the need for new schools, and the importance of advancing patronage reconfiguration. Also discussed the parent survey, funding issues, and communication needs around the process.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik TD and Education Spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD to discuss current challenges facing Educate Together and the political importance of patronage reconfiguration.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Minister Moynihan in his office at his request. Advocated for a more inclusive education system, improved supports for mainstream schools and school leaders, discussed patronage reconfiguration, and requested support for the planned national survey of parents.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Cllr Isobel Towse in Clonakilty to provide an overview of Educate Together, explain the patronage reconfiguration process.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Jen Cummins TD facilitated a meeting between Educate Together and the Educate Dublin 8 campaign group to discuss education choice for second-level schools.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Attended a community meeting organised by the Dublin West Soc Dems, with Jen Cummins TD to discuss the need for a new primary school in Meakstown.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Minister for Education Helen McEntee TD in Leinster House to provide an overview of Educate Together schools. Discussed growing demand, the need for new schools and patronage transfers, core management body funding, inclusion and supports for children with additional needs, and issues with school buildings and funding.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Ged Nash TD in Leinster House to discuss the possibility of establishing an Educate Together school in Dundalk, either as a new school or through patronage reconfiguration.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Met with Peadar Tóibín TD to discuss Educate Together, challenges in meeting demand, and the need for the parental survey and reconfiguration funding.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Jen Cummins TD hosted an AV room presentation in Leinster House to inform TDs, Senators, and parliamentary staff about Educate Together, highlighting the need for additional support from the Department of Education & Youth for patronage reconfiguration. The presentation included the parental survey, an information campaign for parents, and funding for schools and patronage transfers.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Advocated for Wicklow ETSS
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Advocating for capitation funding for schools
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Meeting with Michael to discuss Educate Together, reconfiguration and parental demand for choice in Kerry.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Conversation about school buildings and about Educate Together / ETB partnership schools
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Inform about Educate Together's position on the DE's planned reconfiguration survey and Educate Together's pre-budget submission.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Raise the issue of the need for funding for the school reconfiguration programme.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Highlighted the issues of reconfiguration and parental choice; the Nurture approach; the need for management bodies to be better funded to support Board of Managements; and student participation, in particular consulting with young people in policy development.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Discussion about schools funding.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Discussed school funding, developing schools, student participation, reconfiguration and parental complaints.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Attended the Fine Gael Education Stakeholder meeting in Leinster House
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Sec Gen was invited to visit an Educate Together school and visited Bremore ETSS students and staff. A wide range of topics were discussed in the 2 hour visit, including new AON process, challenges for developing schools and positive impact of Nurture room in the school. Sec Gen spent time in the Nurture room with staff and students involved. Subsequently, the Sec Gen attended and spoke at Educate Together's AGM in May, 2023.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Sandra Irwin-Gowran met Rose Conway-Walsh TD and Fergus O'Dowd TD at a Shared Island Education Event in DCU and followed up with an email to each and briefing notes. The email invited the TDs to meet with Educate Together around the issues of reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Luke O'Shaughnessy met Gary Gannon TD and Neasa Hourigan TD at an event in Grace Park ETNS and followed up with an email and briefing notes. The email invited both TDs to meet with Educate Together around the issues of reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Sorca Clarke met with Educate Together around the issues of reconfiguration of primary schools and the proposed Citizenship Assembly on Education.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Meeting with the Department RE Educate Together's funding needs
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Discussed: Reconfiguration for diversity, need for more Educate Together schools / School accommodation, need to improve planning and systems / Resourcing of new and developing schools / Staffing for students with additional needs / School insurance costs / Grants for management bodies, need to increase.
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Educate Together
[Education and Training] Various topics of interest to the primary system
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