Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he will provide incentives to encourage children from disadvantaged areas to attend Irish language courses in the Gaeltacht. [26339/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department established a Gaeltacht Scholarship scheme in 2007. It is designed to enable children enrolled in designated disadvantaged post-primary schools to attend approved summer colleges for teaching Irish. The Galway Education Centre provides administrative support for the initiative.

Funding of €100,000 has been made available for the scheme for 2008. Applications for the 2008 scheme are still being processed and, to date, approximately 138 have been received.