Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I second the amendment. Bhí mé i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne le linn deireadh na seachtaine agus thug mé faoi deara go raibh comórtais eagraithe ag daoine a bhí dírithe ar leanaí le riachtanais speisialta ach ba chomórtais iad a bhí eagraithe ina n-iomlán trí Ghaeilge. Nuair a chonaic mé an leasú seo bhí mé ag smaoineamh go bhféadfainn ceist a chur ar an Aire Stáit. What provision will be made not just in Gaelscoileanna but in Gaeltacht schools to ensure that the capacity to carry out an assessment and make provision will exist in the child's home language? There are literally thousands of children, with numbers dramatically increasing according to the recent census, who are being brought up with Irish as a first language. It is important that children whose first language is Irish and who have special educational needs should have both the right to have the assessment through that language and to have the provision of whatever special education services they need through the language of the home.