Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I recognise what the Deputy is saying and refer to my earlier response. There is more in the pipeline now in terms of gaelcholáistí at second level than was previously the case. The future for the provision of Irish-medium teaching in both the primary and secondary sector is quite healthy. The difficulty, as the Deputy rightly pointed out, is that the catchment area, by definition, is different from that of people who wish to be taught through the medium of English.

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