Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 13 Mar 1991

Vol. 406 No. 4

Written Answers. - AIDS Education Resource Material.

Patrick McCartan

Question:

23 Mr. McCartan asked the Minister for Education if she will make a statement on the use to date of the AIDS education resource material published by her Department; the proportion of schools which are using the material; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Education (Mrs. O'Rourke)

The AIDS education resource materials have been prepared by the Departments of Education and Health and were distributed to all post-primary schools by the Department of Education at the beginning of October 1990. Since then a major programme of local seminars for teachers, on the use of the materials has been organised by the Department of Education in conjunction wth the Department of Health throughout the country.

This programme will continue until the end of the school year. To date about half of the post-primary schools in the country have been covered by the seminars and the indications from the schools are that all of them are making full use of the resource materials in developing their education programmes on AIDS. There has been an enthusiastic welcome for both the materials and for the seminars and I am satisfied that post-primary schools in general are using the materials.