Every child has the right to quality early childhood care and education from birth. The state has an active duty to ensure that affordable, high-quality early childhood provision is available to every family in Ireland. No child shall be disadvantaged in their development by the inability of their family to afford early years care. Every child has the right to a genuine education that develops their individual abilities, teaches them to think critically and independently, grounds them in Irish history, language, and culture, and prepares them for a life of dignity and contribution. Education shall never be used as a vehicle for ideological conditioning or political indoctrination. Parents have the primary right to direct the education of their children. In universities and all institutions of higher education, the pursuit of knowledge shall take precedence over the defence of existing orthodoxy. Scientific dogma shall not be treated as settled where genuine inquiry remains open. Ireland’s educational institutions shall actively encourage the expansion of human knowledge, the exploration of new ideas, the recovery of traditional knowledge and practices, and the full range of human understanding — including knowledge systems that predate and exist independently of modern industrial science. No academic, researcher, or student shall be penalised for pursuing honest inquiry that challenges prevailing consensus.