Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a full immersion Gaelcholáiste (details supplied) for County Louth; if a decision can be expected in time for the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year; if not, if he will consider expediting the decision process with an appropriate deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7540/20]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 185 together.

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in active discussion with An Foras Pátrúnachta in relation to a proposal for a Gaelcholáiste under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta to also have a campus in County Louth. The parties are assessing options in Dundalk for the upcoming school year. All parties are conscious of the short timeframe to the start of the school year and I wish to advise the Deputy that every effort is being made to expedite this assessment. A response will issue to correspondence received in this regard.