Batt O'Keeffe
Ceist:220 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the current scheme for exempting students from study of Irish at primary level, pupils with a mental handicap, pupils with average ability and pupils with above average ability, may be exempted from the study of Irish if diagnosed with a specific learning disability; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that in contrast pupils who are slow learners, representing a significant proportion of the school population, cannot be granted exemptions irrespective of learning disabilities in acquisition of basis literary skills; the reason for this inequity; and the plans, if any, she has to enable slow learners to be on par with other categories of pupils. [19253/95]