Parents Area - Useful website links 

National Parent Council Post Primary http://www.npcpp.ie

Introducing your child to school    http://npcpp.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Introducing_Your_second_Level_School1.pdf

Parentline    www.parentline.ie

ISPCC        http://www.ispcc.ie/Parents.aspx

Barnardos     http://www.barnardos.ie/index.html

Nation Parent Council for Education and Training boards   http://www.npaetbs.ie/

Irish Vocational Education Association   http://www.ivea.ie/

Internet Safety

Parents should understand the safe use of social networking sites accessed by teenagers from home computers, I.T. mobile phones, game machines etc.

Useful links :

http://www.iab.ie/
http://www.hotline.ie/
http://www.webwise.ie/

Data Protection

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. By law Irish schools must follow the principals set down but the EU.

Since 2018 the Irish Government has set the legal Digital Age of Consent at 16 years. The links below provide information to help parents and students understand their rights and resposibilities around personal data.

Webwise information on Digital Age of Consent.  

Mayo Sligo Lietrim Data Protection Policy

Common Sense appraoch to using photos