Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to require all primary schools to implement the Stay Safe child abuse protection programme. [18413/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Following the survey of all schools carried out some time ago to establish to what extent the Stay Safe programme was being implemented in schools my Department has been taking a targeted approach to the provision of training.

Two additional primary school teachers were seconded to the Child Abuse Prevention Programme (CAPP) in September 2007 to assist with this training which is being directed at those schools that had indicated they are not implementing the programme.

By the end of the 2007/2008 school year over 50% of these schools will have received training. In addition to this targeted training, CAPP continues to offer training and support to all new Designated Liaison Persons (DLPs) and Deputy DLPs.

In the 2007/2008 school year it is anticipated that CAPP will have provided training to approximately 615 schools, over 5,000 teachers and 1,100 special needs assistants.