Ms Olive McGovern:

Our consultation report in of itself indicated to the NCCA a significant amount of concern in this area and it recommended changes. For 4,000 young people across the country, this was a common theme. However, the NCCA was anxious to go even deeper with young people and consequently, separate to our full population consultation it worked with BeLonG To and others on an additional specific LGBTI+ population consultation. We supported that through that our participation unit with a broad population. Even in the broad population, for whom this is not perhaps the first matter of concern, this is still a matter of concern. Young people are calling for an RSE curriculum that better represents the reality and the diversity of young people's lives. That is the most universal theme among any of the consultations. The LGBTI young people have much more specific content that they would like to see covered but the general population of young people were very supportive.