Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 65:

In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“(vii) nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a school which teaches through the medium of Irish or primarily through the medium of Irish from applying selection criteria based on—

(I) a student who has previously been determined by a primary school in accordance with this section to be a student with Irish as a home language,

(II) a student’s prior attendance at an Irish language immersion pre-school or pre-school service,

(III) an assessment, between a student and one of his or her parents or legal guardians, the sole purpose of which would be to determine whether Irish is the primary language of communication between that parent and child,

(IV) a meeting to assess the student’s and/or guardian’s acceptance of the linguistic ethos of the school;

(viii) nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a post-primary school which teaches through the medium of Irish from giving priority in its admissions policy to a student who has previously been determined by a primary school in accordance with this section to be a student with Irish as a home language.”.