Government Schools Bill continues to ignore the rights of children
The Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill went through the second stage in the Dail yesterday. This Bill will not remove religious discrimination in our Education system. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Ombudsman for Children have both recommended that religious discrimination be removed from our education system ...
Oireachtas Committee calls for integration not segregation in schools, as proposed by Atheist Ireland
The Oireachtas joint Committee on Education has concluded that multiple patronage and ethos as a basis for policy can lead to segregation and inequality in the education system, and that the objectives of admission policy should be equality and integration. This reflects the arguments made by Atheist Ireland to the ...
Atheist Ireland second letter to Ombudsman for Children about religious discrimination in schools
Letter to Ombudsman for Children about religious discrimination in schools Atheist Ireland has sent the following letter to the Ombudsman for Children, about the advice that she has given to the Minister for Education on religious discrimination in admission to primary schools. Our first letter to her on this issue ...
Children’s Ombudsman must help to protect children of secular parents from religious integrated curriculum
Atheist Ireland has sent the following letter to the Ombudsman for Children, about the need to protect the human rights of secular parents and their children from the religious integrated curriculum in denominational Irish primary schools: Dear Ms Logan, We welcome the intent of your Report, Advice of the Ombudsman ...
Letter from Atheist Ireland to Ombudsman for Children about Education (Amendment) Bill 2010
Dear Ms Logan, In your capacity as advocate for children’s rights we are writing to inform you that Atheist Ireland is objecting to the Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 on the grounds that it will not guarantee and protect the Human Rights of children and non-religious parents in the education system. ...