INTO launch pre-budget submission – We can do better!
12/07/2021
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has today launched our annual pre-budget submission, titled We can do better. Throughout the week we will be briefing representatives of the different political parties on the priorities for primary education ahead of Budget 2022. The pandemic has laid bare the lack of investment in our primary education system. … Continued
Member update – Preparation for 2021/22 school year continues
07/07/2021
Planning for the next school year continues with regular meetings between education partners expected to take place during July. The following INTO member update details recent developments. Review of the 2020-21 school year The Department of Education and public health advisors are reviewing the last school year, during which there were 1,893 COVID-19 outbreaks in … Continued
Staffing and Redeployment Panel Update
06/07/2021
The Department of Education has issued updates on staffing and redeployment panels.
INTO President commends teachers supporting 34,000 pupils in Summer Provision & FAQs reminder
05/07/2021
INTO President Joe McKeown has commended members participating in this year’s summer provision programmes. The Department of Education recently announced the provision of expanded summer education programmes for students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage for summer 2021 as a COVID-19 response measure. Under the expanded scheme, pupils … Continued
New pilot scheme to support small schools launched
02/07/2021
The Minister for Education has launched a two-year action research project aimed at supporting small rural schools. The project aims to encourage small schools to cluster together in local groups, enabling them to collaborate, identify common challenges and work together on solutions.
Expedited rollout of vaccines for 18 to 34 age cohort
02/07/2021
In an interview on Morning Ireland this morning, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD announced a significant change in the Irish vaccine rollout plan, following discussions with the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC)...
Pay equality – additional increment skip to be applied
01/07/2021
The Department of Education (DE) has published Circular 0037/2021, which confirms the ongoing application of additional increment skips for post-2010 entrants to teaching, including the skipping of scale point 12 negotiated by the INTO under the Building Momentum Agreement 2021-2022.
INTO Submission on National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development
01/07/2021
On World Earth Day, 22nd April, 2021, Minister for Education Norma Foley, TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, jointly launched a public consultation on the development of the second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development to 2030. This revised strategy seeks to build on considerable progress … Continued
INTO President thanks members for delivering a school year like no other
30/06/2021
As we come to the end of a unique and often challenging school year, INTO President Joe McKeown thanks members for their leadership and support provided within their school communities during an extraordinary school year, and indeed throughout the Covid-19 crisis.