Dr. Fergal Lynch:

I take the point. The reports, if they are made available through Irish, will certainly be indicative of them having been conducted in Irish in the first place. I agree that it should be possible and not be too difficult, given that it is a relatively small number of centres involved overall. We will certainly come back to the Deputy with that figure.

The Deputy asked me about whether we let the public and teachers know that inspectors have Irish. We certainly would. The Tusla inspectorate engages with the Irish language representative organisations that operate in the sector, such as Comhairle Naíonraí na Gaeltachta, which are also part of the consultative forum that deals with wider inspections in the early years setting. That information would be made available. Comhairle Naíonraí na Gaeltachta has been helpful to us in that regard as well.