Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Moran has referred to the RSE as if it is a standardised programme. I am sure that it contains standardised elements. Can the RSE course be tweaked to suit the ethos of an individual school? There may be people teaching abstinence until marriage. That might conform with the ethos of the school but I cannot imagine it will confirm with what is contained in the programme. I am referring to the grey area where a board of management may have stepped in and taken control. Is there a standardised form of RSE? Is there a mechanism by which there is a contradiction between the ethos of a school and what represents good practice? I refer to cases where good practice takes precedence over the ethos of the school.