Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will give him the data at the start, lest I forget. The proposed date is 16 June, at this point at any rate. We are possibly on target for that. There are criteria in place. The Deputy referenced geographic spread, which is hugely important and is one of the criteria. There is a range of school contexts, types of schools and so on. Diversity in the target languages applied for is also an element, so we have a great spread of languages.

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Many schools also have an internal capacity among their staff. The school must provide details of how it will engage in promotion and dissemination - in other words, the programme that the school initiates - and how it will encourage teachers and tutors to participate in training. It must commit to delivering modules within specified timeframes. It must commit to engage and communicate with PPLI. These criteria are the basis and priority will be given to those schools that feel they can meet them.

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