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The Equal Opportunities Committee advises Standing Committee on such gender equality matters as are remitted to it by Standing Committee and on such other gender equality issues as the Committee itself wishes to investigate.

Current members are:

  • Mary Ohle (Chairperson)
  • Kevin Brogan
  • Rosabelle Crampton 
  • Jim Duffy
  • Maura Greaney
  • Carmel Heneghan
  • Agnes Keane
  • Anne Loughnane 
  • Tony McKernan
  • Pat King - General Secretary  
  • Brendan Broderick - President
  • Gerry Breslin - Vice-President
  • Maire Mulcahy - ASTI Assistant General Secretary

The Committee meets between three and seven times a year. Its main areas of activity can be divided into three main sub-headings:

  1. Promotion of equal of opportunities for all teachers in terms of access to employment, employment practices and working conditions in operation in the schools.
  2. Promotion of equality of representation within the structures of the Union.
  3. Promotion of equality of opportunity for pupils in terms of access to the full range of subjects and involvement in the school.

For more information on the work of the Equal Opportunities Committee, see the equal opportunities policy section.