Seán Fleming
Ceist:106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 24 May 2017, the status of the introduction of Mandarin Chinese as a leaving certificate curricular subject; the measures he has taken to engage with interested parties in this regard, particularly with representatives of the People’s Republic of China; the extent to which Mandarin Chinese is being prioritised within the ten-year foreign language strategy of his Department’s action plan for education; his views on the importance of the Mandarin language within the context of the overall language strategy; the funding being made available to support Mandarin Chinese in schools; the most recent statistical breakdown of numbers of students studying Mandarin Chinese at each school year at secondary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41123/17]
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