Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised)

3:00 pm

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My question probably does not refer to capital services. I received an interesting email from a group of parents from the Polish community inquiring about the possibility of setting up a school to teach the curriculum through their own language. Have such requests been received by the Department, given the increasing number of nationalities locating in Ireland? Cork has significant Polish and Nigerian communities and there are probably enough students to establish a small school if it is what they want. For example, some schools teach the curriculum through the medium of Irish.

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