Vice Chairman:

I want to make an observation to which the witnesses can respond after they have answered the other questions. If we listen and accept what they are saying, we are not that far apart. Everyone seems to be saying that schools must teach what the NCCA sets down and that the curriculum at least should be taught as set down by the NCCA. What we seem to be saying is that the resources or the materials may be different. There is a difference of opinion on this issue between Catholic schools and other views that are reasonable but actually not that far apart. Little may need to be done to make this satisfactory in protecting Catholic ethos but also ensuring that sex education is objective.