Following careful consideration by the National Emergency Coordination Group, the Department of Education and Skills, has decided that all schools will remain closed tomorrow #Ophelia

— Richard Bruton (@RichardbrutonTD) October 16, 2017

It is not fair that parents, who might otherwise not do so, should feel pressure to baptize their children in order to gain admission to their local school. That is why I am proposing to remove the role that religion plays in school admissions in virtually all primary schools

— Richard Bruton (@RichardbrutonTD) May 29, 2018

Computer Science will be a leaving certificate subject option from 2018 and coding will become part of the primary maths curriculum

— Richard Bruton (@RichardbrutonTD) June 19, 2017

*** all schools, colleges and other education institutions are to remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16th in response to the imminent Storm Ophelia. The decision was made following discussions with members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning on this unprecedented storm

— Richard Bruton (@RichardbrutonTD) October 15, 2017