Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the fact that there has been some progress made but many of these, as the Minister says, are in the pipeline. The difficulty is it represents a challenge for schools. In terms of addressing some of the issues around native speakers who may be able to assist, that is something that will be important.

I understand what the Minister of State is saying about the NCCA and the primary school curriculum, but he will remember we in the past had a programme around modern European languages at primary school.