219. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for second level schools in Gaeltacht areas that as part of plean na Gaeilge proposals of the Roinn na Gaeltachta strategy for language improvement opt for tumoideachas teaching; his further plans for those students and their parents who do not wish to be part of this proposed change under tumoideachas especially if they are part of a sole second level school catchment area; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some schools this tumoideachas decision will be reversing a teaching language tradition of over 50 years whereby English was the primary teaching language in those schools; the provision he has made for those students who have expressed a desire and their right to be taught through English in line with many years of traditional practice; if, in circumstances that in rural areas in which only one second level school exists and if that school is deciding to embark on tumoideachas, provision will be made for those students who wish to be taught through the medium of English in line with existing practice and rights of both parents and students in those areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22493/18]

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219. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for second level schools in Gaeltacht areas that as part of plean na Gaeilge proposals of the Roinn na Gaeltachta strategy for language improvement opt for tumoideachas teaching; his further plans for those students and their parents who do not wish to be part of this proposed change under tumoideachas especially if they are part of a sole second level school catchment area; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some schools this tumoideachas decision will be reversing a teaching language tradition of over 50 years whereby English was the primary teaching language in those schools; the provision he has made for those students who have expressed a desire and their right to be taught through English in line with many years of traditional practice; if, in circumstances that in rural areas in which only one second level school exists and if that school is deciding to embark on tumoideachas, provision will be made for those students who wish to be taught through the medium of English in line with existing practice and rights of both parents and students in those areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22493/18]

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