Atheist Ireland writes to Minister for Finance about misuse of public funds in Irish schools
Atheist Ireland has written the following letter to Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for FInance, regarding the misuse of public funds in Irish schools. Dear Minister Donohoe, We wish to make a complaint about the misuse of public funds in relation to the criteria by which any class or classes of recognised ...
Schools must respect parents’ right to the ‘Religious and Moral Formation’ of their children
'Faith formation' in our schools is the basis for a lot of discussion by people and organisations on both sides of the debate. Some argue for ‘faith formation’ to stay in schools and others argue that 'faith formation' should be removed from the school day. The term ‘faith formation’ is ...
Stop saying ‘opt out’ of religious instruction – the right is to ‘not attend’
There is a right under Article 44.2.4 of the Irish Constitution for students to 'not attend' religious instruction in publicly funded schools if that is against the conscience of their parents. This is sometimes informally referred to as the right to 'opt out'. However, the explicit right to 'not attend' ...