Religion and the primary schools

Abstract

In the current debates about religion and schooling in the Republic of Ireland, the primary sector has become the lightning rod of discontent with the current system, as we saw during the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector and the subsequent Report of the Forum's Advisory Group published in April 2012. The recommendations in this Report have become a sort of bible for some policy makers involved in this area, though even in wider educational circles and at school level the actual detail of these recommendations still remain largely unknown and undiscussed.