Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities available from his Department to help English language primary schools provide an Irish language stream within their school. [51770/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department will consider applications from an English medium primary school wishing to establish an Irish language stream or sruth where the patron of the school has given consent to the establishment of such. Approval for the establishment of a sruth will be contingent on the availability of Irish medium education in the area, the impact that it might have on the enrolment of an existing Irish medium school and the demand for such within the school. A wide range of teaching and language resources are already available to support education through Irish at primary level. These include Séideán Sí, an integrated language programme for Irish medium schools that different Irish medium settings, including sruthanna or Irish language streams, can adapt to suit the needs of their pupils. The range of resources now available to support teaching through Irish in primary schools can be seen on the extensive resource directory published by COGG on its website www.cogg.ie.
