Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 856: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a person (details supplied) in order that he can make a presentation to her on a method of addressing bullying in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14887/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has received promotional material from the person referred to by the Deputy with regard to a method which he has developed to deal with bullying behaviour in schools. Officials from my Department have already spoken with the person on a number of occasions.

While my Department has concerns about the suitability of the method proposed, the person concerned has been advised that the Department's guidelines on countering bullying behaviour in schools are sufficiently flexible to allow each school authority to adapt them to suit the particular needs of the school and to incorporate, should it so wish, any methodology including the one developed by the person referred to by the Deputy.