Mr. John Curtis:

Ultimately these are patron issues that have to be dealt with by patrons at local level. I repeat the point that I find it difficult to comment on individual cases I am not aware of. I suppose I would not comment on them anyway because the schools have their patron bodies and they have a voice. I am not aware of that.

Again, I come back to the point that I am fully aware of the generality of fantastic work being done in our schools in the context of looking after the students and supporting them in the RSE and SPHE areas, and dealing with them in a discursive open way on all these issues. From my point of view, I am trying to make the case that there may be local difficulties on occasion and maybe we need to discuss and address them. The generality of what goes on in our schools needs to be sharpened. We need to look at it as a society and as an education sector, but there is great work taking place. I am fundamentally certain of that.