Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussion his Department has had with Safefood on the introduction of its media awareness course mediawise in schools. [27812/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I recently attended the launch of mediawise - the new educational resource for primary schools developed by safefood.  This is a very important topic for our children to learn about from an early age and that is why it is currently addressed in the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE). Through this curriculum, media awareness is promoted and children are encouraged to examine and explore various forms of media.   Schools may choose to complement their existing programmes with the mediawise resource.