Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would greatly appreciate seeing more posts of responsibility and I hope that we will see that in the time to come. Those developments are to support the schools generally and are not particular to the Irish language.

One point I wished to pick up on statistically was where Ms Mannion said that at post-primary level the position has remained static, by and large. The number of exemptions in 2016 was 4,099 as far as I can gather. In 2022 it was it was 7,400. I am aware that it is a different system but where there has been demographic growth at post-primary level, I do not believe that this growth is at the level of 70% to 80%. I have a query on the statement that the number of exemptions has remained static.