Child protection in primary schools [IrishTimes]
- Published: 22 December 2009
Madam, – Fr Patrick McCafferty (December 19th) is spot-on in challenging the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) in respect of its statements concerning child protection in Catholic national schools.
As a guardian of two children at Kilgobnet NS, I was so alarmed when IPPN’s broadcast its concerns that first thing on Friday morning I went into the children’s school and asked to see the relevant school policies. The policies immediately put my mind at rest in that it is the school principal, as designated liaison person, who plays the key part in alerting HSE and Garda of any child protection concerns.
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