FF Bill in support of gay teachers

Schools would no longer be allowed to discriminate against gay, lesbian and bisexual teachers under new legislation published by Fianna Fáil senator Averil Power

Senator Power, who is the party’s spokesperson on education and skills in Seanad Éireann, said the Programme for Government contains a commitment to change the status quo which allows a school to claim that hiring a gay teacher would undermine their religious ethos.

However, nothing had been done to date in relation to it, she said, Irish Times reports.