Ms Rachael Treanor:

The NYCI can only really comment on the Youthwork sector.

We do not deal with the schools. To answer the first question from Deputy Catherine Martin on how to find age-appropriate materials, it is not just about dealing with lack of sex education in the youth work sector. It starts at the beginning and takes a holistic approach to sexual health promotion. It starts with body image and promotes self-confidence and self-esteem. It gets people to negotiate that area of consent. It is done on a day-to-day basis, not as a stand-alone module or programme. It is embedded in all the programmes in the youth work sector, especially in youth-promoting and health-promoting organisations. Health promotion is embedded in their day-to-day work. They take the best approach, which is a holistic one looking at all of those different forms of sexual education. It especially incorporates the body image piece and confidence to give people the ability to say "No". That will stand to them throughout their years. That answers that.

Again, we cannot comment on the schools but the consent piece is done within the youth work sector on a day-to-day basis. It is not done as an individual programme. It is embedded within the work. The work Foróige does on the REAL U programme is similar to B4u Decide. It incorporates all of that and is done within the day-to-day work. It is really about promoting self-esteem and the confidence of young people. If a consent issues comes up, they then have the ability to say "No" and to negotiate the pleasure piece, what they like and what they do not like. It is just about incorporating and taking that holistic approach to the sexual education piece within the youth work sector. I cannot comment on schools.