924 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Confucius Institute in UCD has co-operated with a number of secondary schools in making provision for the teaching of Mandarin to Irish students who wish to learn it outside of school hours; if her further attention has been drawn to the growing demand for Mandarin courses to be taught in the secondary school system and if, in the context of improving our relations with the People’s Republic of China, she will provide for the introduction of Mandarin as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15104/10]

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924 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Confucius Institute in UCD has co-operated with a number of secondary schools in making provision for the teaching of Mandarin to Irish students who wish to learn it outside of school hours; if her further attention has been drawn to the growing demand for Mandarin courses to be taught in the secondary school system and if, in the context of improving our relations with the People’s Republic of China, she will provide for the introduction of Mandarin as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15104/10]

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