John Connolly (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of any scheme being proposed to provide financial incentives to teachers who enrol voluntarily to learn Irish and sit language proficiency examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The options for the development of an Incentive Scheme for School Teachers and Early Years Tutors, aimed at improving the standard of Irish of these professionals systematically and on a voluntary basis, are currently being examined in the Department. The roll-out of the scheme will be subject to the availability of resources to my Department and the competing demands on same.