Mr. Dalton Tattan:

Yes. I will ask Mr. Moran to come in again on the languages, including the Irish language. To respond to the point you made, Chairman, and it is a fair point in that you were quoting from a report from 30 years ago that has not progressed, I do not think we would share that lack of optimism. We are very optimistic about what can happen here. We think there are great opportunities in what is coming through from the NCCA work and the very careful shepherding of that by it through various research, evidence and engagement with stakeholders. We believe there is a real opportunity now for significant reform. Deputy Ó Ríordáin talked a few minutes ago about radical reform. We think there is a step change here. There is certainly an appetite for it. It has probably been there for a long time, and the pandemic has only amplified it hugely. We hear that and we believe we can take this forward and people will see significant change when an announcement is made.

I wish to make sure we cover the specific questions you asked about Irish and the foreign languages, Chairman. I think one of the things you asked about in the context of Irish was learning from the junior cycle.

One plus out of the extension of the consultation of the level one and level two at senior cycle is that it has allowed the NCCA to commence some work on an early enactment review of the junior cycle language 1, L1, and language 2, L2, specifications. That was raised by stakeholders as a point of concern. If Mr. Moran is still there, he might talk a bit more about that and about the foreign languages.