Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Thank you. Younger colleagues of mine were genuinely interested in this paper. Some of them only finished school a few years ago and they say, "Look, it sounds great but we never got it". Will the witnesses comment on that? Has there been a significant take-up in the last number of years? The people I am referring to would have finished school at some time between 2006 and 2012. They say that they never saw it.

With regard to the review being conducted, the witness said that in some schools the development of RSE policy has not been achieved. Are there any indicators or commonalities in that regard? Is it related to the size of the schools, the ethos of the schools or the location of the schools? Are there any commonalities such as that?

The well-being programme sounds like a good idea. How quickly can that be rolled out and does the Department have the resources it needs to roll it out?

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