Mr. Eamonn Moran:

With regard to the general issue of what we may call crisis pregnancies, in addition to teaching the SPHE-RSE curriculum, the Department would also refer pupils to the range of services that are available to provide assistance to students and parents when dealing with the issue of crisis pregnancies. Agencies that operate in the adoption area would presumably be among those agencies. We have a range of bodies that we would advise students about when we are dealing with the issue of crisis pregnancies, so in that context, adoption would certainly be considered as one of the services provided by those agencies.