Education Policy
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-08
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Helen McEntee (FG), Meath East

To outline the action to date, phones have been banned in schools, and in primary schools in particular, which is only right. Young people are still being educated through the reform of the RSE programme. On post primary, a directive was issued by the Minister for Education urging schools to have restrictive mobile phone use in place, and we can see that being implemented in many of the schools.
Most important, the new SPHE curriculum is going to be mandatory. While that focuses on everything from sexual health to other areas relating to bullying and everything else, online will be a key part of that. There is also a programme called-----

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Sitting date: 2025-04-08