Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has met with the NCCA to discuss the paper Curriculum Provision in Irish in Post Primary Schools; when this meeting took place; the outcome of this meeting; when she will publish this paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5564/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The proposals of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in relation to Irish were submitted to me in late December, and I met representatives of the Council to discuss them on 31 January 2007. I am currently considering the proposals.

It is an important goal of Government that oral competence in Irish as a living community language is strengthened, and that the subject is taught in our schools in a way that is interesting and relevant and will promote a positive attitude to the language among our young people.