Mr. Eugene Toolan:

Gaeilge has been offered on the B.Ed concurrent degree programme in St. Angela's College since 2004. Our graduates are highly sought after and they are qualified to teach Gaeilge to leaving certificate standard and they are employed in secondary school and Gaelcholáistí throughout Ireland. It makes perfect sense to explore collaboration in this area in terms of student staff exchange, sharing of resources, expertise and research because Gaeilge is also delivered in initial teacher education at the school of education in the University of Ulster. For example, it is a requirement that student teachers who are preparing to teach Irish in the South have to spend some time in the Gaeltacht and there is a possibility of exploring joint periods in the Gaeltacht for students, North and South.