Schoolbooks should be available in Irish, committee says
Funding for Irish-language youth groups ‘should match funding for English language groups’
The committee proposed exchange programmes should take place between Gaeltacht and Irish medium schools. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
A public commitment should be given by the Minister for Education that school books will be made available in Irish in all subjects at junior and senior cycle level within three years, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has said.
The call was made as part of a series of 10 recommendations by the committee following a review of a strategy proposed by Muintearas, an organisation with a role in the planning and implementation of activities for young people in Gaeltacht areas.