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Updated SPHE curriculum now covers consent, healthy relationships and abuse at junior and senior cycle, with phased rollout to 2027 and extensive teacher training, while calls were made to move the content earlier and strengthen student engagement.
The bill would make it easier to take civil claims for child sexual abuse against unincorporated groups such as religious orders, clubs or societies, by allowing them to be sued in their own name rather than having to identify individual members. It also lets a court use an associated trust’s assets to pay damages in some cases, and gives survivors an extra year after the law starts to bring claims that would otherwise be out of time. This matters because the current rules can make it very hard to sue these groups, even where they are effectively responsible.