[14:04] Scheme to redeploy SNAs to vacant posts 'seismic' - Fórsa
Special Needs Assistants will be redeployed to vacant posts from next September as part of a new scheme announced by Minister for Education Helen McEntee.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0424/1509272-sna-scheme/
#nextSeptember #HelenMcEntee
[10:51] National convention on education to be set up - McEntee
Minister for Education Helen McEntee has told primary school principals that she will establish a National Convention on education "to hear and to understand peoples' thoughts, hopes and aspiration for the education system of the future".
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0422/1508833-into-conference/
#HelenMcEntee
[01:00] Bands for top Junior Cycle grades to be widened
It will be easier for Junior Cycle students to achieve the two top grades in their exams under changes to Junior Cycle grade bands announced by Minister for Education Helen McEntee.
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0422/1508760-teachers/
#JuniorCycle #two #HelenMcEntee
[11:12] Nutritional standards of hot school meals to be reviewed
Minister for Education Helen McEntee has confirmed that a nutritionist from the Department of Health will review the nutritional standards of the hot school meals.
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0411/1507095-leaving-cert-reforms/
#HelenMcEntee #theDepartmentofHealth
[19:04] No school should have only two pupils - McEntee
Minister for Education Helen McEntee has said she does not believe that any school should have just two pupils and that "conversations need to be had" with a number of schools whose enrolment has fallen to this level.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0401/1505303-pupil-numbers-mcentee/
#HelenMcEntee #two
[14:09] Sinn Féin questions McEntee stance about safety in Dublin
Sinn Féin has called on former minister for justice Helen McEntee to say if she agrees with the new Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan that parts of Dublin city are not safe.
https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0220/1497863-mcentee-dublin-safety/
#SinnFéin #HelenMcEntee #JimO'Callaghan #Dublin
[14:15] Answers for Creeslough families is 'number one objective'
The Minister for Education Helen McEntee said that "the number one objective" is that the Creeslough "families get answers to the questions that they have asked and that they were entitled to".
https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0220/1497867-mcentee-families-creeslough/
#HelenMcEntee #Creeslough
[22:38] Primary school absenteeism 'doubled' since pandemic
Minister for Education and Youth Helen McEntee has told the Dáil that the proportion of children in primary schools missing more than 20 days has doubled since the pandemic.
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0212/1496452-primary-school-absenteeism/
#HelenMcEntee #Dáil #morethan20days
[14:12] McEntee to press ahead with Senior Cycle reforms
Minister for Education Helen McEntee has confirmed that she is pressing ahead with reforms to Senior Cycle education, despite a reiteration of concerns and calls for a delay from second level teacher trade unions.
https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0205/1494873-senior-cycle/
#HelenMcEntee #second
[17:44] Taoiseach Micheál Martin appoints Jim O’Callaghan as Justice Minister; Dara Calleary makes Cabinet comeback
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been elected and has begun appointing his Cabinet, with Helen McEntee passing the justice brief to Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan,
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-micheal-martin-appoints-jim-ocallaghan-as-justice-minister-dara-calleary-makes-cabinet-comeback/a581856884.html
#MicheálMartin #Cabinet #HelenMcEntee #FiannaFáilTD #JimO’Callaghan
[19:12] Helen McEntee for Education and Micheál Martin’s surprises – latest Dáil bar Cabinet gossip
The latest Dáil bar gossip has a few changes on the Fine Gael side for the new Cabinet, with Helen McEntee now being tipped to become Minister for Education.
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/helen-mcentee-for-education-and-micheal-martins-surprises-latest-dail-bar-cabinet-gossip/a61489951.html
#Dáil #Cabinet #HelenMcEntee
[12:41] Pause on Syrian asylum process not long term, McEntee
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she had paused decisions on the international protection process for people from Syria because decisions can only be made based on the current situation in that country.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1212/1486095-ireland-syria/
#HelenMcEntee #Syria
[09:59] McEntee warned over lack of capacity in overcrowded jails
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee was told jails had no capacity to safely accommodate a sudden rise in prisoners following "widespread public disorder" because of record levels of overcrowding.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1124/1482649-prisons/
#HelenMcEntee
[14:18] Prison inmate suspected of making hoax bomb threat against Justice Minister Helen McEntee through Samaritans
A hoax bomb threat that targeted the home of Justice Minister Helen McEntee in late September is suspected of originating in a Dublin jail.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/prison-inmate-suspected-of-making-hoax-bomb-threat-against-justice-minister-helen-mcentee-through-samaritans/a2111813223.html
#Justice #HelenMcEntee #lateSeptember #Dublin
[14:13] Future Governments will have to ‘very carefully’ consider Citizens Assembly recommendation to decriminalise drugs, says Helen McEntee
Any future Government will have to “very carefully” consider the Citizens Assembly recommendation to decriminalise drugs, according to outgoing Justice Minister Helen McEntee.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/future-governments-will-have-to-very-carefully-consider-citizens-assembly-recommendation-to-decriminalise-drugs-says-helen-mcentee/a2057209740.html
#theCitizensAssembly #Justice #HelenMcEntee
[17:51] Creeslough families push for inquiry at meeting with Govt
Several families of those who died in the Creeslough explosion of 2022 have met Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to press their case for a public inquiry.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1030/1478267-creeslough-inquiry/
#Creeslough #2022 #HelenMcEntee
[21:24] Minister McEntee to meet Creeslough group next week
RTÉ News understands Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has responded to the families of the Creeslough tragedy to confirm that a meeting will take place next week.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1024/1477344-creeslough-group-mcentee/
#RTÉNews #HelenMcEntee #Creeslough #nextweek
[15:55] Creeslough group seeks meeting over inquiry with McEntee
The group, calling itself the Creeslough Family Support Group, has written to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee's office seeking a meeting to discuss a call for an independent inquiry into the tragedy.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1023/1477056-creeslough-minister-mcentee/
#theCreesloughFamilySupportGroup #HelenMcEntee
[05:31] McEntee in Abu Dhabi to sign bilateral treaties with UAE
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is in Abu Dhabi today to sign bilateral treaties with the United Arab Emirates on extradition and mutual legal assistance.
https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1021/1476518-mcentee-uae/
#HelenMcEntee #AbuDhabi #today #theUnitedArabEmirates
[13:57] 'Vigilance' needed on Russian approaches, says McEntee
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she has not been approached by Russia and she said that as a country and as elective representatives, "we all need to remain vigilant".
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1007/1473991-mcentee-russia-vigilant/
#HelenMcEntee #Russia
