Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion
3:00 pm
Tom Clonan (Independent)
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I went to a Christian Brothers school in Finglas in the 1970s and 1980s. When we did biology, the teacher said we could read the chapter on reproduction ourselves. The teacher would not teach us the reproduction chapter because of that squeamishness. There is a fear around talking about these issues. I am hearing from the witnesses that they are not squeamish or fearful. They want to talk about these issues. That is something on which we need to focus.