Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)
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Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on changing the entry requirements for an Garda Síochána in relation to a second language to facilitate people with dyslexia. [8435/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Appointment Regulations for the Garda Síochána, including educational requirements, are kept under continuing review. The requirement to have a qualification in two languages, one of which must be Irish or English, was put in place in 2005 as part of a process to considerably widen eligibility for entry to the Garda Síochána. The experience of these recent changes will be carefully monitored, and issues of the kind raised by the Deputy will be considered in that context.