Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It strikes me as straight-out bananas. There is a massive history of dyslexia in my family. If someone is dyslexic in Ireland they are also dyslexic in Northern Ireland. They do not suddenly learn how to spell better. It seems an insanity to put this barrier in front of people.

I want to touch on something that Ms Fitzpatrick raised. I am surprised to learn that so few people study a language to GCSE level. Obviously it is baked into the Irish system that people take a language to leaving certificate. Does Ms Fitzpatrick have figures on how many people decide not to take an additional language to GCSE level?