Department of Education under fire for failing to meet Irish requirements

The Department of Education has been rapped for failing to introduce a system that ensures that teachers in gaeltacht schools and gaelscoileanna are fluent in Irish.

An Coimisinéir Teanga, Rónán Ó Domhnaill, has reported the Department of Education and Skills to the Houses of the Oireachtas because it has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Education Act 1998.

He said the recommendations, made as part of a statutory investigation, were not satisfactorily implemented.