Irish Language

521. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to promote the Irish language in the Kerry Gaeltacht, Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula and Uíbh Ráthaigh, Iveragh Peninsula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23302/26]

523. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether central guidance exists across public bodies regarding the use of Irish place names, including in cases where the Irish and English versions are similar in spelling; whether his Department is considering the development of a consistent national approach to the use of Irish only place names i…

449. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium post primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21385/26]

450. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21386/26]

493. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process through which an Irish language section may be established in a European school outside of Ireland; her Department's role in overseeing such a process; whether efforts have been made in the past to initiate same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21724/26]

494. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has had engagement with a school (details supplied) in relation to the establishment of an Irish language section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/26]

659. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils enrolled in Irish-medium education at primary level and post primary level in Longford-Westmeath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18726/26]

825. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support the continued professional learning of teachers with respect to the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19768/26]

830. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider scrapping the exemption system for the Irish language given that no evidence supports this practice and that no such system exists in any other European country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19785/26]

854. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to account for the historic development of the Irish-language exemption policy in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20037/26]

2297. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has engaged with a commercial service provider (details supplied) regarding their inability to correctly record Irish names containing síneadh fada characters; whether this practice is consistent with State expectations for companies operating in Gaeltacht areas and throughout the S…

2298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will request from a company (details supplied) the total number and percentage of its customers residing in Gaeltacht regions and in the West of Ireland; and the steps his Department will take to ensure that companies providing essential services in these areas meet minimum Irish language accom…

2299. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department's position on telecommunications and broadband companies operating in the State without an Irish language strategy, despite providing essential services in Gaeltacht communities; and whether he intends to raise with a company (details supplied) their reported lack of any policy for ena…

2300. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he considers the failure of major service providers to support Irish language name formatting and customer service pathways to be compatible with the goals of the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2024-2030; and the measures that are available to his Department to promote compliance…

153. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the fully Irish-medium secondary schools, if each of these colleges is at peak in numbers; and how many pupils are currently in each. [17749/26]

154. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the primary schools teaching through Irish, if each of these schools is peaking in numbers; and how many children currently in each. [17750/26]

156. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth what her approach is to ensure that all school resources, textbooks, instructions for teachers, equipment and computer programmes and so on, are available in both official languages simultaneously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17752/26]

526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current policy position of her Department regarding the establishment of new Irish medium primary and post-primary schools in Dublin city; whether her Department has assessed projected demand for more Gaelcholáistí in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17173/26]

527. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted or commissioned any recent analysis of parental demand for Irish medium education in Dublin city and nationally; if so, if she will provide details of the methodology and findings of such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17174/26]

528. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to legislative measures to support a systematic and long-term expansion of Irish medium education, including the establishment of new schools rather than reliance solely on the expansion of existing provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17175/26]

529. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the forward planning section of her Department incorporates Irish medium provision into its school place planning for Dublin city and other urban areas; whether specific targets exist for the growth of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí under the National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the m…

530. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined proposals to provide a statutory right to education through the medium of Irish where sufficient parental demand exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17177/26]

531. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to publish a multi annual strategy setting out clear timelines, targets and capital allocations for the expansion of Irish medium education in north Dublin and nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17178/26]

532. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Gaelcholáistí, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17179/26]

335. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the creation of a Gaelscoil in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15776/26]