Mr. Martin Hanevy:

I will clarify the point as matters stand. Among the matters impermissible in an enrolment policy, there is no mention of a language test. If gaelscoileanna want to be able to operate a language test criterion, the board of management and a patron can do that. A second issue, which is a matter for reflection, is considering how it is operated. It runs against the proposal for not having interviews. If that involves interviewing parents, interviewing children or having Irish tests, the Minister and the Government must reflect on the desirability of parents being interviewed for anything to do with enrolment. Having it as a criterion in the admission policy is, by default, permissible as the regulations are drafted. It is permissible as it is not listed as being impermissible.