Vol. 397 No. 9
316 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Education the action she has taken to date to advance Ireland's Green Presidency of the EC Council, as promised by the Taoiseach in January 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
European Education Ministers in 1988 adopted a resolution on environmental education. Matters related to the environment and its protection are treated in the curricula of first and second level schools. The programme for the new junior certificate pays particular attention to environmental matters notably through the medium of the geography programme where current national and global environmental issues form an important part of the syllabus.
