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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Cathasaigh as an gceist seo a ardú. It brings me back to something that was discussed at the comhchoiste Gaeilge yesterday about ensuring that people we employ to deal with schools in the Gaeltacht and with Gaelcholaistí are proficient in the Irish language. There should be an onus on those advertising jobs to include a requirement in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Tuigim an tábhacht atá ag baint leis an nGaelainn. Ní hamháin sin ach táimid ag déanamh gach iarracht sa Roinn an Ghaelainn a chaomhnú agus í a chur chun cinn. I have already outlined our support to ensure we are progressing the Irish language. We took the staged stance here. Great progress has been made on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Questions Nos. 81 and 82 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

School Accommodation

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 330 of 21 May 2024 and 95 of 29 May 2024, and Topical Issue No. 4 of 2 July 2024, if she is aware of the situation pertaining to a school (details supplied); if she has decided to offer any support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30281/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: The Minister and I have had a number of discussions about Fermoy Educate Together National School. I visited the place and am sorry to bring it up again, but I am very concerned about the cramped conditions in the school. I am asking the Minister what progress has been made since I brought it up last. Have the officials in the Department examined this matter? Have they looked at possible...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy. I acknowledge his ongoing engagement on this matter and that of Deputy O'Connor and the other Deputies who are concerned about it. I appreciate Deputy Stanton and I have had a number of conversations on this. The school was established in 2018 under the patronage divestment process. Fermoy was one of a number of areas surveyed in 2012 and 2013 under the patronage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response and her interest in this matter. Does she agree that things have moved on in the interim? Does she also agree that because of the popularity of the school, the professionalism of the teachers and the desire of more and more parents to send their children there, numbers are growing and that there is a need to look again at the agreement that was arrived...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy very much. For absolute clarity, I reiterate that when the school was inaugurated in 2018, this was done under the patronage divesting process. There was an agreement with the patron of the Educate Together school and the ETB that it would be a shared campus and the school would be capped at the numbers at the time, in a four-classroom school, until additional...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I appreciate that and agree with the Minister there was an agreement, but I also believe, and she might also, that things have moved on now and parental choice is coming in here in a big way. There is a big demand in the area for this particular school as it is a very successful and popular school. I again put it to the Minister that there is an interim solution available. The Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: Again, we want to be helpful here. It is for that reason we ensured a technical assessment would take place to see if we can find a pathway forward. There was the request to the building officer from Educate Together to engage with the school on the ground. We want to move a step forward. However it is important - and I do not always hear this element being recognised or admitted to in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Of course.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister. I did not expect this question to be reached. It concerns a matter very close to my heart. There is an opportunity now to address it, with the principal of Ennis Community College moving on from that post. Gaelcholáiste an Chláir has been seeking stand-alone status for 30 years. The Minister said the Department has an openness to addressing the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I appreciate that sterling work is being done at Gaelcholáiste an Chláir in regard to the promotion of the Irish language. I am aware of the work being done by the staff, the atmosphere that is being cultivated in the aonad and the first-class provision for students. However, the Department must look at the numbers when it receives an application. I acknowledge that an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: It is great to hear an acknowledgement of the issues in Clare and that there is a commitment to resolving them. County Clare has the second highest number of Irish speakers in the country. We have a great history of and love for Irish culture. There is huge potential there that has been missed. Gaelcholáiste an Chláir has done its very best. In some respects, it is a miracle it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I appreciate the case the Deputy has made. I appreciate the case that has been made by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and by Gaelcholáiste an Chláir itself. I can only reiterate that there are issues that need to be addressed. In particular, we have identified issues regarding uptake of places. We have an openness to working through those issues. We are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Irish Language

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress update on the programme for Government commitment to provide a comprehensive policy for the Irish language from pre-primary education to teacher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30486/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for coming back to this question. I was detained at the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Leanann an cheist seo an pointe atá ardaithe ag an Teachta Wynne. Táim ag cur ceist ar an Aire maidir leis an ngealltanas atá sa chlár Rialtais maidir le polasaí cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge ón réamhscolaíocht go...