Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Níl an Ghaeilge go líofa agam. I will have to freagair as Béarla. There are 133 primary schools and 28 post-primary schools located in Gaeltacht language-planning areas. One hundred and six applications have been submitted from primary schools and 27 applications from post-primary schools seeking recognition as Gaeltacht schools.

Twenty-seven primary schools and one post-primary school in the Gaeltacht have not yet applied to the Department to participate in the Gaeltacht school recognition scheme. In two circulars, an opportunity has been provided to the schools that have not yet expressed an interest in the scheme to submit an expression of interest form to the Gaeltacht education unit in the Department before 1 June 2018, which is fast approaching.

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