IDEA is grateful to the Irish government for supporting GCE through the Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Strategy 2021-2025. We are also thankful to the many elected representatives from across the political spectrum, including those listed below, who have committed to championing the importance of GCE during their term of office.

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.

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

Ivana Bacik,

Dublin Bay South, Labour

Cathal Crowe, 

Clare, Fianna Fáil

Chair of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth

Ruth Coppinger, Dublin West, Solidarity - People Before Profit

Member of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth

James Geoghegan, 

Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael

Alan Kelly, 

Tipperary, Labour

Cian O'Callaghan, 

Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats

Gary Gannon 

Dublin Central, 

Social Democrats

Pearse Doherty, 

Donegal, Sinn Féin 

Eoin Ó Broin, 

Dublin Mid-West, Sinn Féin 

Eoghan Kenny, 

Cork North-Central, Labour

Member of the Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Ged Nash, 

Louth and East Meath, Labour 

Pa Daly Kerry, 

Sinn Féin

Member of the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Duncan Smith, 

Dublin Fingal, Labour

Member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade 

Paul Murphy, 

Dublin South-West, Solidarity - People Before Profit

Member of the Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Ciarán Ahern, 

Dublin South West, Labour

Member of the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, 

Donegal, Sinn Féin

Marie Sherlock, 

Dublin Central, Labour 

Claire Kerrane, 

Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Féin

Member of the Joint Committee on Children and Equality

Jennifer Whitmore, 

Wicklow,  Social Democrats

Member of the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Sorca Clarke, 

Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Féin

Rory Hearne,

Dublin North West, Social Democrats

Aengus Ó Snodaigh, 

Dublin South-Central, Sinn Féin

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire,  

Cork South-Central, Sinn Féin

Member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Rose Conway Walsh, 

Mayo, Sinn Féin

Conor Sheehan,

Limerick City, Labour

Darren O’Rourke, 

Meath East, Sinn Féin 

Member of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth 

Aidan Farrelly, 

Kildare North, Social Democrats

Member of the Joint Committee on Children and Equality

George Lawlor 

Wexford, Labour 

Barry Heneghan, 

Dublin Bay North, Independent

Member of the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh, 

Kildare South, Sinn Féin

Member of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth 

Ann Graves, 

Dublin Fingal East, Sinn Féin

Pat Buckley, 

Cork East, Sinn Féin 

Natasha Newsome Drennan, 

Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Féin

Matt Carthy, 

Cavan - Monaghan, Sinn Féin

Sinéad Gibney, 

Dublin Rathdown, 

Social Democrats

Senators

Senator Fiona O'Loughlin 

Fianna Fáil

Member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Senator PJ Murphy, 

Fine Gael

Senator Mary Fitzpatrick,

Fianna Fáil

Senator Eileen Lynch, 

Fine Gael 

FG Seanad Spokesperson on Rural Affairs & Community Development

Senator Alice Mary Higgins, 

Senator NUI panel, Independent

Member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Member of the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Senator Anne Rabbitte, 

Fianna Fáil

Senator Nessa Cosgrove 

Labour 

Senator Pauline Tully, 

Senator-Cul&Ed panel, Sinn Féin

Member of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth

Member of the Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Senator Conor Murphy, 

Sinn Féin 

Senator Patricia Stephenson, 

Social Democrats

Member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Senator Shane Curley, 

Fianna Fáil

Member of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth