Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children for whom neither English nor Irish is their first language who are enrolled in the education system at both primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42939/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Additional support is being given to schools in respect of an estimated 18,000 pupils at primary level and 6,000 pupils at post-primary level whose first language is not English to ensure that they can succeed at school. This support can take the form of financial assistance, additional teaching posts or portions of teacher posts.