Mr. Paul Byrne:

All of the granted díolúintí have to be recorded on the primary online database system so there is a good track on them there. I have numbers in front of me for the applications that have been made and I know they have risen. In anticipation of coming here I was looking at why the numbers are rising. I determined that the numbers are rising in post-primary schools. Between 2021 and 2022 there have been an extra 12,500 students in the schools and as those numbers go up there will be more applications for the díolúintí ón nGaeilge.