Ms Jackie Maguire:

I concur with Mr. Lucey and Mr. Walsh. It is hard to differentiate the eight recommendations but from our perspective here in Meath, if we were to rank them in order, we would see recommendations 2, 4 and 5 as the most specific to us. The section 28 guidelines speak for themselves across the board. On recommendations 4 and 5, having an independent authority that can assess the linguistic assessments for applicants would be extremely beneficial for the future development of both the language and the culture in both the very small Gaeltachtaí we have. If we were to rank them in order those would be our three preferences to be dealt with first. We welcome the establishment by the Department of the working group. We hope that work would continue into next year in order to take these recommendations further and bring them to a conclusion. I thank the members for their time.