Unions condemn 'insensitive comments' about teaching gender identity in schools

Minister for Education Norma Foley (centre), John Driscoll, INTO president (right) and Dorothy McGinley, INTO vice president (left) listen to John Boyle, General Secretary of the INTO at the union's annual congress in Killarney. “Schools should and must be inclusive to all. As a union, we are, and will remain an unapologetic advocate for equality," Mr Boyle said. Photo: Moya Nolan

Primary school teachers have condemned recent “insensitive comments” made by certain school management bodies about the approach to teaching about gender identity in schools.

It follows recent calls from the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA) for children to not be taught about transgender identity. The Irish Muslim Council also backed this call, adding that it is “not appropriate” to teach children about gender identity in primary schools.