Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Update on the Draft Curriculum Specifications at Primary Level: Discussion

11:00 am

Dr. Patrick Sullivan:

To be very clear, in English-medium schools, which the Deputy is speaking about, the time for the Irish language for stage 1 has remained unchanged, so for junior and senior infants, it is the same time. For stages 2 to 4, which is first to sixth class, there is a reduction of 30 minutes a week, so it is six minutes a day of teaching time. Some of the key pieces about this is that time-----