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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá an-áthas orm a bheith os comhair Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge tráthnóna. Ar dtús, gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste as ucht an chuiridh, an ama agus an deis a thabhairt dom bualadh agus labhairt leis inniu. Tá cur chun cinn na Gaeilge ar cheann de na tosaíochtaí atá agam mar Aire Oideachais agus...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Beidh mé sásta labhairt léi as Gaeilge agus as Béarla. An bhfuil sí ag caint faoin bpolasaí don Ghaeltacht?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá sé sin déanta againn. It has been actioned. For example, some of the actions that have come in are: the 30 B.Oid places provided for by the Department; the máistreacht ghairmiúil, which has also been provided for; the Gaeltacht recognition scheme-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá an plean críochnaithe. There are three stages to what we are doing in terms of promotion of the Irish language. The completion of the plan for schools within the Gaeltacht was the first stage. Tá sé sin déanta. The next-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Beidh athbhreithniú ar siúl. There will be a revision or whatever, an athbhreithniú, of it when the entire policy has been completed. There are three stages to the policy. That was the first one. The second stage is the policy for Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht. The third leg is the policy for the teaching of Irish in mainstream English-medium schools....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Ní bheidh. Tá sé beagnach críochnaithe. Bhí an comhairliúchán deireanach ar siúl ar an Aoine seo chaite. Tá sé sin críochnaithe. A comprehensive consultation process was conducted. In excess of 5,400 questionnaires were completed, 216 children and young people and 92 adults participated in focus groups, there were written...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: What I am saying is that there was a comprehensive consultation process, as there are in most of the policies we develop within the Department. It is quite comprehensive to say there were 5,400 questionnaires, which were all completed. We had children and young people as part of the focus groups. There were written submissions received. Officials from the Department met with 29 different...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tuigim an méid atá á rá ag an Teachta. I understand what she is saying. I have not seen the draft. I did not receive it yet and therefore I cannot say what is in it. I do not know. The consultation process has been quite comprehensive. We will have to wait and see what emerges from it. I appreciate what the Deputy is saying, that they are not happy with the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I hear what the Deputy is saying. I have to reiterate that I have not seen it. I note the concerns she has expressed. I had better see what is in the policy and decide from there. It will be virtually impossible to keep everybody happy and ensure there is unanimous agreement; I will acknowledge that. I note what the Deputy is saying, I hear the concerns she has raised and I await the draft.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Gan dabht.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Deputy is correct. There was and is a very positive story in Synge Street CBS. I congratulate everybody involved in bringing it to the point it is at. I particularly acknowledge the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, ERST, for its role in this. We look forward to this perhaps being a role model for others going forward, in addition to all the other efforts being made. I hear what the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I am happy to look at anything. I hear that proposal. The exemptions were introduced in the first place primarily for children who were coming from abroad. They were then extended to cater for children with additional needs. Twenty-five percent of children in our schools present with a learning or additional need. In the entirety of the 1 million students we have, just over 6.7-6.9% of...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: May I make one comment about special education and the view the Deputy believes the Department has toward children with additional needs or learning difficulties who avail of the exemption? It is quite staggering to think that 25% of our students present with some learning or additional need and yet only 7% of them are availing of an exemption. It is very clear in the circulars to the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I appreciate what Deputy Connolly said. We are all at a disadvantage here because we have not seen the policy yet, draft or otherwise. Deputy Farrell raised Wales, where I visited. I was very keen to see the remarkable progress that is being made there. I met with staff, young people and experts in that area to get a feel for how they were making progress. In terms of the specific...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: That is what we are at currently. From the start to the end of the Government, we will be looking at every point to double the numbers between now and the next ten years or whatever. We are making progress-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: No. At whatever point we look we look at it from and whatever base we are looking at, it is the overall aim of Government that we would, at the very least, double the numbers that are availing of education through Irish, in whatever form that may be.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I imagine that within the next ten years we will see a doubling of the numbers of students availing of education through Irish, including the previous four years. We have six years left. Within ten years we would like to see a doubling of the numbers.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The last consultation on this only took place last Friday. I have absolutely no idea what is going to be in this. I imagine, given that the vision, aim and objective is to strengthen the Irish language, that there will be objectives and aims within it that are distinct from the framework referred to earlier. The framework is a skeleton or a sort of overview. There will be stronger...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Ultimately I will sign off on it.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá a fhios agam.