Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare can continue their education up to leaving certificate level through the medium of Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24378/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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It is my Department's policy to support the provision of all-Irish school facilities at primary and post primary level in areas outside the Gaeltacht regions, where a demand for such provision is demonstrated and no alternative exists within a reasonable distance.

The Aonad in the school referred to by the Deputy was established in response to demand for all-Irish provision at second level in the area. At senior cycle, most aonad offer a core of four, five or six subjects through Irish and the others through English. The Aonad in this school offers six subjects through Irish, which is at the upper end of this spectrum. As with all schools, the number of students is an essential factor in the subject choice that a school can offer.