Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of the senior cycle physical education framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26133/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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A new Framework for Senior Cycle Physical Education (non-examinable) has recently been completed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and approved by me.

The Framework will assist schools to design a P.E. programme for those students who may not choose to take P.E. as part of their Leaving Certificate examination.  The aim of the Framework is to encourage learners’ confident, enjoyable and informed participation in physical activity while in senior cycle and in their future lives.

The Framework is one part of planned, broader provision for physical education at senior cycle. A new specification for Leaving Certificate Physical Education, an examinable subject for Leaving Certificate, has also been recently approved.  These developments are in keeping with the strong emphasis from my Department on promoting and encouraging Healthy Lifestyles for all students and commitments in the Programme for Partnership Government.

Timing of implementation of the Framework and the new specification will be considered in the context of the planned review of senior cycle.