Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have developed a sruth whereby an Irish language stream is established within an English speaking school; the schools which have done this; and the detail of the costs involved. [17595/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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A sruth is a limited provision of tuition through the medium of Irish, within a parent school where English is the language of communication and teaching language of the school. My Department understands that 16 schools are operating sruthanna and the list of schools in question is outlined in the table for the Deputy’s information.  A sruth is an informal arrangement made within a school’s existing resources.