asked the Minister for Education if he will consider introducing first aid as an optional subject in primary schools, with the possibility of subsequently making it a regular part of the curriculum.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Teaching of First Aid in Primary Schools.
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It is not the intention to introduce first aid as a subject in national schools. The affording of adequate time and attention to the basic subjects of the curriculum must of necessity limit the number of other subjects which can be provided for.
I might add that Junior Red Cross activities are included in the list of extra-curriculum subjects which may be engaged in during the half-day of "free" instruction permitted weekly in national schools since 1954.