Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 33rd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 147/2021 Official bill number / year
Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Gary Gannon · Social Democrats
- Introduced
- 16 Nov 2021
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Makes evidence-informed health and relationships/sex education a mandatory function of state-funded schools.
- Requires schools to teach health education only per curriculum prescribed by the Minister.
- Expands school inspectors' role to evaluate teaching of health and relationships/sex education; curriculum reviewed every 5 years.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil16 Nov 2021
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil16 Nov 2021
Debates
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