Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is certainly desirable. If a person attains a position of director, whatever that directorship might be, there is further education and training available to improve proficiency in Irish. That said, fluency is certainly desirable and could be helpful in the role. As long as an individual is prepared to upscale their Irish if it is part of their post remit, much as we are currently providing to staff in our schools, I would be pleased that they would do that.