468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE – LGBTI+ identities and the use of inclusive and respectful language which appear on her Department’s website and is advice for teachers of national school children; if it is her policy that teachers of primary school children should use and understand a list of terms when teaching (details supplied); if it is her policy that teachers of national school children should be discouraged from using the phrase boys and girls and are encouraged to use gender-neutral alternatives; if it is her policy that picture books are used to teach children in primary school about gender identity; and the discussions or consultations that she has undertaken with parents and their representative groups in terms of trans issues being taught to primary school children. [38814/22]

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468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE – LGBTI+ identities and the use of inclusive and respectful language which appear on her Department’s website and is advice for teachers of national school children; if it is her policy that teachers of primary school children should use and understand a list of terms when teaching (details supplied); if it is her policy that teachers of national school children should be discouraged from using the phrase boys and girls and are encouraged to use gender-neutral alternatives; if it is her policy that picture books are used to teach children in primary school about gender identity; and the discussions or consultations that she has undertaken with parents and their representative groups in terms of trans issues being taught to primary school children. [38814/22]

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