Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Question No. 472 of 23 October 2007, the way parents who are not fluent in the language are to participate on boards of management who conduct the majority of their business through the Irish language, as stipulated in the handbook; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26324/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I would like to reiterate my Department's position in relation to the issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has not directed that parents' representatives on boards of management of Gaelscoileanna must be fluent in the Irish language. Furthermore, there is no requirement in the board of management handbook for parents' representatives to be fluent in the Irish language to participate on boards of management. Apart from the requirement that they are parents of children currently enrolled in the school, there is no specific criterion set out in the handbook with regard to parents' representatives on the Board.