Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve sex education in secondary schools. [14894/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The new Programme for Government sets out that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) across primary and post-primary schools, including an inclusive programme on LGBTI+ relationships.

This work will draw on development work being undertaken by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), following publication of the council's report on RSE in primary and post-primary schools in December 2019. Key recommendations in that report included that (i) in the short term the NCCA would begin work on interim guidance to support the teaching of SPHE/RSE in schools and (ii) the NCCA would also begin work in 2020 on redeveloping the overall SPHE/RSE curriculum in schools, involving extensive public consultation.