Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

Do I understand that families who originate in the Gaeltacht and are living outside the Gaeltacht or families who genuinely bring their children up through the medium of Irish outside the Gaeltacht could be considered in the context of scéim labhairt na Gaeilge? A number of times tonight the Minister mentioned the change in the definition of a Gaeltacht. I take it that is moving towards the boundaries of the Gaeltacht also changing. Where that might happen, there could be some families who genuinely bring up their children through Irish but are in a minority. Would it be fair with the new definition of the Gaeltacht and changed boundaries to exclude them from the scheme?

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