Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that the two points I listed from our overarching strategy for dealing with the early years sector, First 5, act on elements of the 20-year strategy. The overarching strategy for the Irish language is being enacted in our sector through these points in First 5. They are carrying on down. That is my understanding of the link. It is important to note that, acting on those commitments in First 5, we are working on the creation of two Irish language early years posts to further develop Irish language services. Unfortunately, the hiring process for these posts was delayed because of Covid but I will see where we are with the hiring of these officers as their duties will focus directly on the Irish language in the early years sector and on supporting developments in that area.

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