Violence Against Women: Statements
Seanad Éireann — 2022-01-27
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Lisa Chambers (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

The education piece will be key. I know the Minister will have to work cross-departmentally with the Minister for Education on this. Much responsibility is placed on our teachers' shoulders in terms of how they are supposed to do everything at this particular age. It is really important at a young age, particularly when a person is coming into his or her teenage years, that we teach young boys, in particular, but also young girls about consent, bodily integrity and respect for one another. I am not sure that the current system that is in place in terms of educating young people is doing what it needs to do. Evidently, it is probably not.
I will conclude on those remarks. I wish the Minister well in her work. I have no doubt that we will have further robust debates in this House when she brings forward the plan from the Government.

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Sitting date: 2022-01-27