Mr. Paul Fay:

In the immediate future, under the five year action plan we might be unique in that we are the only sector in that plan to have its own commitment to have its own monitoring group. Under the Department, the early years sector has its own monitoring group under the five year action plan which we will be chairing and co-hosting with our colleagues on the Gaeltacht side. All of those Irish language groups such as Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge, Údarás na Gaeltachta etc. are represented on that group. We already have a fairly good working relationship with most of those groups, to the point where it almost became too much contact and it became a slight problem in that there was an inconsistency in what was being asked for from the different groups. At the meeting in Killarney when we launched the action plan and I attended the first monitoring group meeting, I welcomed the fact that the action plan was bringing a new focus to allow us to have a more dedicated conversation about what was being asked for and now we can start working on that. That was welcomed by all around the table there as well.

To answer the Deputy's question, we are very well connected into that group and it will not be forgotten when we do the work on the review of structures.