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Education, based on facts and science, should be the bare minimum that all of our children can expect<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Children’s Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) must be informed by best practice in science and healthcare,\u00a0according to Social Democrats Education Spokesperson Gary Gannon, who has launched new legislation to reform the way RSE is taught.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a modern republic, we must have relationship and sexuality education that is informed by best practice in science and healthcare. This means that the curriculum must be standardised across all publicly-funded schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not acceptable that children, in primary schools, can be taught that relationships can be placed in a hierarchy, depending on sexual orientation. It is also utterly unacceptable that LGBTQ teachers could be expected to teach that their relationships are somehow lesser.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast summer, when a controversy erupted about the Irish Bishops Conference developing their own RSE programme, Education Minster Norma Foley promised to bring forward legislation to reform the delivery of RSE. That hasn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n

“Given the Minister\u2019s inaction on this important issue, I have drafted my own legislation to reform the antiquated manner in which RSE can be taught. I have done this by amending the Education Act to, among other things, require schools to teach RSE solely in accordance with the prescribed curriculum – which must be evidence-based.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation, based on facts and science, should be the bare minimum that all of our children can expect \u2013 no matter what the ethos of their school. This is especially important in this country given the Catholic Church owns more than 90pc of the country\u2019s primary schools \u2013 a monopoly which is unlikely to change anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the huge importance of RSE to children\u2019s development, and relationships, it is essential that the reforms contained in this legislation are implemented as quickly as possible. There can be no excuses for further inaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

16 November, 2021<\/p>\n

Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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