Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

On language support, I am conscious that certain schools have taken in a high number of non-Irish nationals and that in no way should we penalise those schools. We have gone back to pre-2007 levels of language support and, as it were, cut it to two language support teachers, but where schools can show a high incidence of non-nationals who require language support, the Department will look at it.

A circular letter on language support is to go out to all the schools indicating how they might qualify for additional language support. The Department is working on that circular. I indicated today that I hoped I would be in a position to issue that circular within the next two weeks and I will try to hold to that.

Using the primary school panel we can move teachers on from one school to another——

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