Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate both the Minister's commitment and the commitment in the programme for Government to Gaeloideachas. There is a huge need. The Minister referred to providing more Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí where there is demand for it. I assure her there is demand for it, and I will come back to that in a second. There are, as far as I know, only 79 Gaelcholáistí in the country and 291 Gaelscoileanna. We only have two Gaelscoileanna and two Gaelcholáistí in my constituency of Dún Laoghaire, namely Coláiste Íosagáin and Coláiste Eoin, which are colocated on a campus in Stillorgan. The two Gaelscoileanna are Scoil Lorcáin and Gaelscoil Phádraig in Ballybrack. The latter requires resettlement to a site in Ballyowen Meadows. The school is waiting for a survey to be done on that and I hope the Minister will also progress that matter for it.

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