Faith-based schools and a Catholic agenda

NORA BENNIS’S criticism (Letters, November 30) of my views (November 26) on faith-based schools reveals her own pro-Catholic agenda.

At no stage in my letter did I say I was anti-Catholic: this is her own contrivance designed to put the cat among the pigeons. It seems, according to Ms Bennis, that if you’re not pro-Catholic your are automatically labelled anti-Catholic.

But enough of that. A major public consultation is under way to establish the public’s view on whether the State should back faith or religiously-based schools through a specific language. This is an important debate and could shape future attitudes in this country towards religious education and the medium through which it’s taught.