Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 8 February 2007 if a school will allow a person (details supplied) in County Wexford exemption from Irish under the previous guidelines, even though they do not meet current guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11231/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Exemption from the study of Irish may be granted to primary pupils under certain circumstances as outlined in Department Circular 12/96. Under the terms of the Circular, delegated authority to grant exemptions from Irish, within the conditions laid down, has been vested in the individual school authority. An application for exemption from Irish should be submitted to the authorities of the school concerned in the first instance.