A campaign for secular education
Minister Foley is legally responsible for protecting the right to not attend religion class
Under the Education Act 1998, the Minister for Education is legally responsible for protecting the right of students to not attend any subject that is against their conscience. Section 30-2(e) of the Education Act 1998 states that:- “Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister— shall not require ...
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 ...
The NCCA is updating the sex education curriculum, but this will not matter if schools can deliver the content according to their religious ethos. They can do this because of the Education Act 1998. Atheist Ireland has raised this issue with the Oireachtas Education Committee and the United Nations. When the ...
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its List of Issues for when it next questions Ireland. Atheist Ireland made a joint submission to this process, along with the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland. The UN Committee has now asked the Irish State ...
Last year 41% of Marriages in Ireland were non-religious. Year by year this figure is growing. Despite this, the Department of Education still seeks to evangelise children from these families into a religious way of life. In addition, many children from non-religious families are left sitting at the back of the ...
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the NCCA on the Draft Primary Curriculum Framework. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Constitutional and Human Rights of Atheists 3. The 1999 Primary School Curriculum 4. The Draft Primary Curriculum Framework 5. The Recommendation from the Forum on Patronage on ERB & Ethics 6. ...
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