GCE Champions

There are many TDs, Senators, MEPs and even Ministers who understand the value and importance of Global Citizenship Education and who support our work to expand and advance GCE in Ireland. IDEA has contacted these supportive political stakeholders and invited them to become GCE Champions. Here is the list of our current GCE Champions, who have all signed our GCE Champion pledge below.

Global Citizenship Education Champion Pledge

Mindful of the unprecedented critical challenges facing our world, including climate change, poverty, inequality, conflict and fragility, I hereby pledge to be a Global Citizenship Education Champion. I commit to championing Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship as a means towards a fairer and more sustainable future for all, by advocating for increased cross-departmental investment and support for Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, and its expansion across all sectors—formal, non-formal, and informal.


Global Citizenship Education Champions

TDs and Ministers

Seán Canney, Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports 

TD, Galway East, Independent 

Mary Lou McDonald, Dublin Central, Sinn Féin

Holly Cairns, Cork South-West, Social Democrats

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire,  Cork South-Central, Sinn Féin

Rose Conway Walsh, Mayo, Sinn Féin

Alan Kelly, Tipperary, Labour

Ruth Coppinger, Dublin West, Solidarity - People Before Profit

Ged Nash, Louth and East Meath, Labour 

Paul Murphy, Dublin South-West, Solidarity - People Before Profit

Duncan Smith, Dublin Fingal, Labour

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Donegal, Sinn Féin

Ciarán Ahern, Dublin South West, Labour

Claire Kerrane, Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Féin

Marie Sherlock, Dublin Central, Labour 

Pearse Doherty, Donegal, Sinn Féin 

Cian O'Callaghan, Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats

Sorca Clarke, Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Féin

Jennifer Whitmore, Wicklow,  Social Democrats

Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Dublin South-Central, Sinn Féin

Rory Hearne, Dublin North West, Social Democrats

Eoin Ó Broin, Dublin Mid-West, Sinn Féin 

Darren O’Rourke, Meath East, Sinn Féin 

Senators

Alice Mary Higgins, Senator - NUI panel, Independent

Pauline Tully, Senator - Cul&Ed panel, Sinn Féin
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