Dr. Pauric Travers:

The centre has been involved in research relating to the Irish language and standards in Irish. I assume it will continue to do that. There have been positive developments in terms of our understanding of educational disadvantage. There was a time where there was an assumption that it was an urban phenomenon only. In fact, one of the developments in the past decade has been a greater appreciation of the need to address areas of rural disadvantage. The centre has done some work or research in this area. The centre has done work on the Irish language and will continue to work on standards and achievements in Irish.