Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

That speaks for itself. I can understand that people in that situation may feel a sense of fear, but the problem has not occurred to the extent that somebody has had to take a case. I hope we will never see this. The legislation does allow for schools to protect their ethos, which is a provision that exists in a number of countries. It does not apply only to schools but also to hospitals and so on.

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