{"id":1080,"date":"2020-07-22T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/minister-for-education-urgently-requested-to-address-the-dail\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:16:55","slug":"minister-for-education-urgently-requested-to-address-the-dail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/minister-for-education-urgently-requested-to-address-the-dail\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister for Education urgently requested to address the D\u00e1il"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Gannon TD, the Social Democrats spokesperson on Education, has called on the Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, to urgently address the D\u00e1il and provide details of the Government\u2019s plans for reopening schools in five weeks\u2019 time<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Gannon said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday I attended a meeting between Minister Foley and Opposition spokespeople for Education. Following the meeting, a press statement was released by her department stating we were briefed on multiple aspects relating to calculated grades and the reopening of schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith utmost respect to the Minister, nothing of the sort took place. With an extremely short time until schools are due to reopen and the D\u00e1il recess approaching next week, it is urgent that the Minister comes in to provide clarity on schools reopening. Critically, this should include confirmation of a funding package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t ignore that the Minister for Further and Higher Education today announced a funding package of \u20ac168 million to support tertiary education. Numerous other sectors have also welcomed additional funding, including the arts and the business sector. While very welcome, our primary and secondary schools continue to wait. Almost one million students, as well as their parents, educators and non- teaching staff, are waiting for details of any such support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Gannon added: \u201cI was shocked but not surprised to see the results of a survey released yesterday by Voice for Teachers, showing that 93.5% of 6,073 teachers surveyed felt that preparations from the Department of Education for reopening of schools have not been good enough.\u00a0We cannot wait &#8211; it\u2019s imperative that Minister Foley comes in as soon as possible with details of much needed supports for schools to enable them to reopen safely and with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 22, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Gannon TD, the Social Democrats spokesperson on Education, has called on the Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, to urgently address the D\u00e1il and provide details of the Government\u2019s plans for reopening schools in five weeks\u2019 time Deputy Gannon said: \u201cYesterday I attended a meeting between Minister Foley and Opposition spokespeople for Education. 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