New changes are coming in September.
Ms Foley said: “I want to be clear around this: we operate in our schools a spirit of partnership with our parents, the wider section of stakeholders and partners within education. We retain within our schools parental consent at all times for parents to feel that they have freedom to withdraw their students from anything that is happening within a school environment.
“That is important. I know the value of that parental consent in schools, and I know the value of it in all other aspects of life.”The news has gotten a mixed reaction from several parents’ groups, with the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association claiming the new curriculum will put an"explosive issue into the minds of young people".
Dr Martin Daveron told Newstalk: “When we think about ability to access good healthy relationships; it’s a strong sexual education curriculum that’s going to give us that and is going to enable young people to access good healthy relationships into the future. “There is no point in avoiding [porn]. It is a reality of modern living and we need to enable young people to navigate it safely.”
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