Sir, – Micheál Ó Fearghail (September 11th) is correct in his defence of the constitutional rights of parents to choose how their children are educated, including through home schooling. Unfortunately for his case, Article 42 goes on to declare that "The State shall . . . require in view of actual conditions that the children receive a certain minimum education".
This is important because, separate from the rights of the parents, the child has the right to an education. – Yours, etc,
DAVID BEATTY,
Coolamber Park,
Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
