Dear Minister McEntee and Minister Moynihan, My name is Dawn Bennett, and I’m the mother of Jamie, an 11-year-old boy who is autistic and currently attending a primary school autism unit in West Clare. In just over a year, Jamie will need a secondary school place but there are no autism classes or suitable placements available in our area. The nearest options are over 45 kilometres away, which would mean long, distressing commutes and separation from his community. Today it is Jamie, tomorrow it is another child in the same situation. Enough is enough. Every child in Ireland deserves equal access to education, close to home and within their own community, regardless of their needs or diagnosis. I urge you to ensure that every primary and post-primary school in Ireland has an autism class attached.

Ignore alcohol industry lobbying for changes which make the Alcohol Public Health Bill less effective at reducing alcohol abuse

Don’t allow them to change the amount and make us do 20 whole essays for Irish leaving cert.

The public need clear leadership from the government on the Climate Crisis. A public awareness campaign on the climate crisis is desperately needed.

Ban the use of pesticides on school grounds around the country. 

“My parents and teachers have always taught me the importance of doing the right thing. America is one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world, so you should do the right thing too by keeping the USA with the 194 other countries around the world who have joined the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.” Nevan Corcoran (aged 11)

This is an urgent appeal to lift Globe House resident's deportation order. 44-year-old Iranian Kurdish man, Amjad Rosstami is now on his 36th day of hunger strike in Globe House Direct Provision Centre in Sligo. He took this action when he received a deportation order from the Minister for Justice last month. In the last few days, he began to refuse to take even water, which means that his health - which has suffered severely - will begin to decline even more rapidly, and place his life at serious risk. We urge Minister Fitzgerald to lift this order as a matter of urgency. Please also phone the Minister at 01 602 8202 and tweet @FitzgeraldFrncs

Put high tax on diesel cars, not pre-2008 petrol car owners.

To allow cancer patients the freedom too choose what treatment is beneficial for them as Fine Gael Minister, Kate O'Connell is trying to close down “alternative medical centres” for people with serious ailments and life threatening diseases. Her reasoning behind this is that she thinks medical practitioners are profiting from vulnerable patients.

Develop a comprehensive curriculum of education on racism in Ireland and internationally, to be taught in throughout primary and secondary school.