Ulick Burke
Question:328 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide assistance for travel and maintenance to a person (details supplied) who has been invited to present a report on her research on the influence of oral language on the teaching of writing in Irish primary schools at the 17th World Congress of International Reading Association in Jamaica in July 1998, in view of the fact that the paper is very relevant in the Irish context and merits financial support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4151/98]