New proposals to overhaul sex education in schools are being described as a matter of "life or death".
LGBT advocacy group BeLong To are welcoming plans that would see Gay, Lesbian and Transgender relationships being taught in Catholic schools.
A draft report from the Oireachtas Education Committee recommends all schools having to teach the new programme - regardless of their beliefs
Director of BeLong To, Moninne Griffith, says students feel excluded at the moment:
"This is really a matter of life or death to make our schools safe and supportive, that young LGBT people aren't self-harming or aren't experience suicide ideation because they don't feel like they belong in schools."
