Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

The Stay Safe programme might be sketchy and brief but it is the beginning of creating an awareness in young people of improper sexual activity. However, 17 years after I left office in early 1992, not every primary school in Ireland provides it. Why not? If one does not want one's child to participate, there is an opt-out clause. The parents can state that they do not want their child to attend that class, and the child does not attend it. Every parent has that right.

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