Unfortunately, I stand up here today and I cannot give my speech as Gaeilge but thanks to Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers in Farranferris my two daughters can. A funny story; last Sunday I watched the Cork hurlers play Kilkenny on TG4. My wife and my daughter could understand it, but I was struggling to get bits of words. Is it not great that my wife and my two daughters have done something now that I cannot do? I am very proud of that. They brought the Irish language back to Assumption Road, where it always was. The problem is that it is one of the few DEIS Gaelscoileanna in the State. In 2022, after a long campaign, a design team was appointed. Here we are now in 2026 and they have heard nothing from the design team since 2025. The big issue for Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers is that in 2027 its lease with Farranferris will expire. Farranferris has already organised new tenants to come in. This is a real worry for the parents, the staff and the whole community. It has been a troid mhór to get us here and we cannot risk that now. I ask the Minister to instruct the Department to deal with them now. People think of the north side of Cork as a working-class area. We have Gaelchólaiste MacSuibhne and Gaelchólaiste Mhuire A.G sa Mhainistir Thuaidh. There are Gaelscoileanna in Glanmire, Ballincollig and Blarney. We want to promote the language, Minister.

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