Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-08
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

The Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018 is being blocked by the Taoiseach under Article 17.2° through a money message. The Bill would remove the issue of a school's ethos as grounds for not fully teaching objective sex education. In the aftermath of the killing of Ashling Murphy I suspect there is massive support in society for a range of legislative changes, including the passing of such a Bill. One in five detected sex crimes reported to gardaí involved people aged under 18 as victim and perpetrator. Is the Taoiseach prepared to tell church leaders that school ethos can no longer interfere with the teaching of objective sex education? Is he prepared to remove the money message he has been using to block the Bill?

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Sitting date: 2022-03-08