Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schemes in place which allow a teacher from Ireland at primary, secondary and adult education level to exchange with a teacher in other countries for a fixed period, in order that each can gain experience in other's language, in view of the expanding requirement for teaching foreign languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12420/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department arranges teacher exchange schemes at post-primary, on a post-to-post basis, between Ireland and Germany and between Ireland and France. The purpose of these schemes is to improve the quality of the teaching of German and French in Irish schools. The exchanges take place either on the basis of a one term exchange or one year exchange. Applications for participation in the 2005-06 teacher exchange schemes are currently under consideration within my Department.

My Department does not operate an exchange scheme for teachers at primary level or teachers in further and adult education.