An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-13
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I assure her this is a whole-of-government priority that is embedded within the programme for Government. The programme for Government is the glue that holds the Government together, and the Government collectively and the three parties in government have an obligation to follow through on all aspects of it.
With regard to domestic violence, the agenda that has been set, with a new strategy published by the Minister, Deputy McEntee, seeks to deliver that, particularly in terms of getting an adequate number of refuge spaces in place in a comprehensive way.
As for the relationships and sexuality education, RSE, programme in our schools, progress is being made by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, especially in respect of the junior cycle, for which the review is nearly concluded, involving the updating and modernisation of that curriculum. In parallel to that, exercises have been under way regarding the leaving certificate cycle in respect of RSE.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-13