128. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent statement by the Minister of State at the Departments of An Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection regarding the importance of foreign languages being included in the primary school curriculum, his views on the re-introduction of modern languages in the primary schools initiative, which was abolished in 2012, in view of the current statistic of just one in 25 primary school pupils learning a foreign language; if she will endeavour to include this subject in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/15]

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128. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent statement by the Minister of State at the Departments of An Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection regarding the importance of foreign languages being included in the primary school curriculum, his views on the re-introduction of modern languages in the primary schools initiative, which was abolished in 2012, in view of the current statistic of just one in 25 primary school pupils learning a foreign language; if she will endeavour to include this subject in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/15]

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1. 11 March 2015

   School Curriculum

   128. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent statement by the Minister of State at the Departments of An Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection regarding the importance of foreign languages being included in the primary school curriculum, his views on the re-introduction of modern languages in the primary schools initiative, which was abolished in 2012, in view of the current statistic of just one in 25 primary school pupils learning a foreign language; if she will endeavour to include this subject in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/15]

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