Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Tá an ceart ag an Aire Stáit - tá an-díomá orm leis an bhfreagra sin. Ní thuigim é, chun an fhírinne a rá. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil daoine de shíor ag iarraidh Gaelcholáistí dá dteaghlaigh. An fhadhb eile atá ann ná, seachas Coláiste Iosagáin agus Coláiste Eoin, níl Gaelcholáiste ar fáil idir lár na cathrach agus Bré i gContae Chill Mhantáin. Ní thuigim in aon chor cén fáth an bhfuil an Roinn ag rá nach bhfuil siad chun leanúint ar aghaidh leis seo. Tá na tuismitheoirí agus na teaghlaigh atá ag iarraidh Gaelcholáiste scaipthe amach ar fud na cathrach. Caithfimid rud éigin a chur ar fáil dóibh.

If these households who seek the right to educate their children at secondary level in Irish are spread out across the city, it is very difficult to have a concentration of them in an area that will justify a secondary school. We know the demand is there and I am hugely disappointed by this response. I am not shooting the messenger but I really think the Department needs to reconsider this. The demand is there and if we build it they will come. We should be advancing Gaeloideachas wherever we can.