Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Obviously any form of homophobic bullying or bullying in the workplace should not be tolerated by the schools themselves or by any institution. There is legislation to protect people to whom this happens and it should be invoked. The general secretary of the Catholic Primary School Management Association, Monsignor Dan O'Connor, is on record as saying that sexual orientation is only an issue if it actively undermines the ethos of the school. It is significant that no case has been taken to the Equality Tribunal.

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