{"id":521,"date":"2018-05-29T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/take-religion-out-of-school-day-social-democrats\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:16:15","slug":"take-religion-out-of-school-day-social-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/take-religion-out-of-school-day-social-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Take religion out of school day &#8211; Social Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats will today bring to the D\u00e1il a proposal to take religion out of the school day. The party is tabling an amendment to the government\u2019s Education (School Admissions) Bill 2016 to remove faith formation from the school timetable.<\/p>\n<p>Co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to take religion out of the school day entirely. I will be tabling an amendment to the Education (School Admissions) Bill 2016 today to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Shortall also called for the setting up of a Citizens\u2019 Assembly to make recommendations to the Oireachtas on how to move towards an entirely secular education system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation Minister Richard Bruton&#8217;s proposals for divestment, announced yesterday, are piecemeal and seem like yet another long fingering exercise. The Citizens\u2019 Assembly model proved to be incredibly valuable in dealing with the issue of how to legislate for access to abortion in Ireland. The result of the weekend\u2019s referendum is a vindication of this deliberative approach which directly involved citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overwhelming public support for repealing the Eighth Amendment reflects a changed mood in the country. People are moving towards a sense of civic ethics and increasingly they want to see the separation of the church and state in other aspects of public services, particularly our education system where 90 per cent of primary schools are under the patronage of the Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be very appropriate and timely for the government to task a Citizens\u2019 Assembly to examine the issue and bring forward recommendations to the Oireachtas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>29 May 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats will today bring to the D\u00e1il a proposal to take religion out of the school day. The party is tabling an amendment to the government\u2019s Education (School Admissions) Bill 2016 to remove faith formation from the school timetable. 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