§ Mr. McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action his Department is taking to(a) identify and (b) address the specific needs of the Irish community in Britain. [107584]
§ Mr. WillsThis Department is committed to ensuring all its policies and programmes promote equality of opportunity for disabled people, ethnic minorities and between men and women.
Furthermore, Irish was added as a national curriculum language in 1999 in response to representations from schools with a large Irish intake.