Latest News – Education

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne has called on the Department to engage with school secretaries ahead of their planned industrial…

Fianna Fáil TD for Wexford James Browne has slammed a proposal from the Finance Minister which would see pupils forced to change…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has warned that Minister Donohoe’s plan to solve the ongoing issues in the school transport…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Science, Technology, Research and Development, James Lawless, has said the short-sighted approach taken by Fine Gael in only…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Minister for Education is abdicating his responsibilities to third-level education by blaming…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said that the Fine Gael containment strategy for accommodating children with special educational needs…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Education Thomas Byrne has called for a new pilot scheme to encourage people to complete adult literacy courses….

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability Margaret Murphy O’Mahony TD has called on the Minister for Disability Finian McGrath to intervene with Education…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne TD, has reiterated his call on the Minister for Education to urgently introduce measures to…

Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Fingal Darragh O’Brien has welcomed confirmation today that Donabate is to get a new Gaelscoil. It comes…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry John Brassil says a recent study which revealed that more than one third of college students experiencing…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry John Brassil has slammed Fine Gael for failing to ensure that pupils with special needs have places…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has sought an update from Minister McHugh as to the reinstating of history as a…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability and TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has congratulated a group of CIT students after…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said there must be greater certainty for children with school transport…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has said there must be greater certainty for children with school transport…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Disability Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says the government’s failure to address the serious shortfall in special needs places is…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the recent reports that hundreds of children with autism and special needs are…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Departments lack of urgency in getting new school builds of the ground…

Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford Mary Butler has confirmed that all pupils from the Aglish and Ballinameela catchment areas who had applied…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said the Minister for Education must not be allowed to wait for the next…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne TD, has extended his congratulations to the almost 59,000 students who are getting Leaving Cert…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education Thomas Byrne TD has said the latest purchase made by the Department of Education, in which they…

More than 400 people with disabilities are set to miss out on a payment of €31.80 a week following the decision to…

Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary Jackie Cahill has called on the government to tackle the soaring costs faced by parents sending children…

Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Education Committee Fiona O’Loughlin has called on the Government to tackle…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne, has said that Fianna Fáil will be setting out education priorities to the National Council…

Thank you very much for the kind invitation to contribute the opening address of what should be an important series.  In order…

Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary Jackie Cahill says there are hundreds of school children across the country without a school place because…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West Michael Moynihan says the government needs to up its game when it comes to introducing…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony says there are hundreds of school children across the country without a…

Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo-Leitrim, Eamon Scanlon, has called upon the Departments of Education and Health to ensure adequate resources are provided…