Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Does the Minister not agree that a serious lack of resources allocated to teacher training and Irish language skills to support school planning and in-school mentoring in gaelscoileanna is having a detrimental effect on how the Irish language is being taught? My understanding is that adequate numbers of teachers are available to instruct in maths, science and Irish, the three subjects covered by the trainers, whereas the other subjects are experiencing a shortage. This relates to our discussion of a few minutes ago. Many people are working in the sector and Irish language activists feel strongly about the language, but we do not have personnel to train teachers adequately. They are asking where is the equality in the system. It is a question of resources and the issue was probably one under previous Ministers as well, but many of those involved in the gaelscoileanna feel strongly about the matter. If-----

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