[lg policy] Ireland: Irish language education strategy in Gaeltacht areas launched

[Harold Schiffman]

 Irish language education strategy in Gaeltacht areas launched Policy aims
to support Irish as a living indigenous language in Gaeltacht areas
Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 13:27 Updated: Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 13:31
Éanna Ó Caollaí
<http://www.irishtimes.com/profile/%C3%A9anna-%C3%B3-caolla%C3%AD-7.2276461>
[image: Taoiseach Enda Kenny: launched the first policy in the history of
the State dedicated to education in Gaeltacht areas. Photo: Gareth
Chaney/Collins]

Taoiseach Enda Kenny: launched the first policy in the history of the State
dedicated to education in Gaeltacht areas. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Government “is strongly committed” to
implementing the 20-year strategy on the Irish language.

Mr Kenny
<http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?tag_person=Mr%20Kenny&article=true>
made his comments at the launch of the Government’s Polasaí don Oideachas
Gaeltachta 2017-2022 (Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022) at Scoil
Mhic Dara, An Ceathrú Rua, on Friday afternoon.

It is the first time that a strategy focused on addressing the educational
needs of Gaeltacht areas has been published since the foundation of the
State.

The policy’s primary focus is to strengthen Irish-medium educational
provision and to support the use of Irish as a living indigenous language
in Gaeltacht areas.
The new policy forms part of the 20-year strategy and sets out a number of
measures designed to promote and support the language


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/irish-language-education-strategy-in-gaeltacht-areas-launched-1.2846974
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