PQ 537
537. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if schools with a religious ethos are not permitted to ask for certificates showing training in particular religious ideologies, such as the certificate in religious studies, when seeking to employ teachers; her views on whether this practice discriminates against people of different religious ideas and backgrounds to the school in which they are seeking employment; if she believes legislative change is required to end this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48501/23]
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537. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education if schools with a religious ethos are not permitted to ask for certificates showing training in particular religious ideologies, such as the certificate in religious studies, when seeking to employ teachers; her views on whether this practice discriminates against people of different religious ideas and backgrounds to the school in which they are seeking employment; if she believes legislative change is required to end this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48501/23]
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