Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will publish a national literacy strategy for children and young persons. [9846/11]

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to conclude the public consultation process on the development of a National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy; and when he expects to publish and implement this strategy. [9882/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 46 together.

My Department received over 460 submissions as part of the public consultation process on literacy and numeracy in schools. These submissions are being examined and oral consultations with stakeholder groups are ongoing. I expect that the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy will be drafted by the end of June 2011. The strategy will contain a series of specific short-term and longer-term actions to improve the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy in our schools. The implementation of these actions will be overseen by a National Literacy and Numeracy Implementation Group supported by a National Literacy and Numeracy Forum. The implementation group will benefit from the participation of national and international experts on literacy and numeracy acquisition and assessment while the wider National Literacy Forum will facilitate ongoing inputs from the education partners.