Should the Irish language remain a compulsory subject on the national curriculum?

Students study Irish for 8 years in primary and are better able to pick up a MFL in post primary e.g French. Serious review of archaic system, modernisation required to teach more like MFL.

Yes, but focus on the language including its history the importance of it and when it comes to an exam have more % going towards the speaking exam. This will encourage a more positive attitude to the language and increase its popularity. The hatred and decline in the langage stems from the course being too long and stressful.

All Primary schools in Ireland should be taught through Irish. Secondary schools need to refocus their Irish teaching to the ability to understand and speak Irish, with Irish culture teachings too.

I think it should be compulsory until junior cert, but a choice for leaving cert. And yes it should be taught around the ability to speak and understand the language instead of through poem, stories and phrases

Yes, but focus more on understanding the language, and also add some modules on understanding the origin of our culture, myths and folklore

Yes, but focus on the language as a living thing, instead of simply demonstrating how many words you know, or how many ways you can say the same sentence.

Yes and should have the extra 25 points given to higher level maths to incentive the use of the language

Yes up until junior cert, then allow to make decision at leaving cert - but should still be required to do at least one language eg irish or modern foreign language

In my opinion if you are ethnically Irish it should be mandatory to learn Irish to the preserve the culture however they do need to change how it’s taught because they need to learn how to understand and speak in the language instead of being forced to revise poems and stories

Yes, but they should teach it correctly instead of the current system where they omit VERY important details about pronunciation and spelling correlations.

No it prevents international teachers teaching in our schools, there are also many groups of students who it's significantly harder for like students with disabilities and from immigrant families. It should be an option but not a necessity in secondary, and not be taught in primary.

Yes but it should not be mandatory to sit it as an exam in the leaving certificate or junior certificate.

No, but for those who decide to learn the subject, focus more on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories, and phrases.

Yes but a there should also be an extra class added to the curriculum that solely focuses on speaking Irish, starting in primary school.

Yes, but only for students who have been born in Ireland or lived in Ireland since 2-3 years after birth

Yes and no it should be reached better but it shouldn’t be a requirement to teach primary school children

Yes It Should be mandatory

It should as a part of cultural heritage, but it should not be a requirement for any further education including primary teaching

It should not be compulsory, but Shane students to Pakistan, must be more of an emphasis on speaking and understanding the language, instead of stories and poems

It should be compulsory up until junior cert, with more focus on ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories and phrases

No, and it shouldn't be taught as a native language either. Most of us don't speak it.

Only relevant for irish people.

Yes, but focus more on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories, and phrases and make it an option for leaving cert, but keeping it compulsory for junior cert.

It should remain at primary and junior cert level but should be optional after third year

Yes every student should be fluent in Irish

To the end of the Junior cycle only.

No, it should be a choice subject rather than cumpulsory

It should be a subject as an non exam option.

Should be compulsory up to Junior Cert, but optional for leaving cert

It should be an optional subject in second level education

the irish language should be an potion juts like spanish and french

Yes, and all subjects should be taught through Irish in every school

Yes, but it should not be treated as a "core subject" given as much attention as maths and english

Mandatory and change of curriculum from primary to 3rd year of secondary school, optional in Leaving Cert

Should be a option in secondary schools

No, it should be on the curriculum but not mandatory.

No, but encourage people to take part of voluntary courses

Yes but only up until the Junior Cert where it becomes optional

Yes, but for primary school only.

It should be compulsory for primary school but not for secondary.

Up to Junior Cert and then it becomes optional

it should be compulsory until junior cert and optional from 4th year onwards

yes, up until 3rd year in secondary school

Only for Students who were born in ireland and cone from an Irish background

It should be offered as an option with a focus on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories and phrases

It should be mandatory for primary schools, not secondary

Yes, but there should be an aim for at least one Gaeltacht, preferably more, in every county

Yes, and there should be an all irish speaking gaeltacht school alternative in all 32 counties.

There should be an all irish speaking gaeltacht school alternative in all 32 counties.

Up until after the Junior Cert is should be compulsory

Should be taught from person to person when compulsory

No point of learning Irish if we are never gonna use it in the real world

Yes, but only up to the Junior Certificate

Make it a choice subject for those who wish to do it

No, but they should encourage it.

Not mendatory but keep the option to promote cultural heritage.

No but when it is being taught focus more on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories, and phrases

No but it should become an optional language like Spanish or French

Less lit more functional

Yes but more focus should be put on speaking and listening skills.

Make it compulsory in all primary schools

Should be compulsory but not count directly towards leaving cert points

Yes, but only in in primary school

Yes, but how it is taught should be restructured

Yes, up until Junior Cert level. Then it becomes an option for leaving cert level.

No subject should be compulsory for the leaving cert

every student must learn the Irish language in order to pass the Irish exam the Irish language subject goes towards of the overall mark so nobody cannot skip or swap the Irish language subject

Yes, but make it a compulsory non-exam course focusing on culture and speaking. Focus on other European languages for exams.

Only in primary education, it should not be mandatory in second level education but instead be a choice subject.

made optional for students wit English as an Additional Language

Yes, except for students with reading disabilities, and should not be a require subject for Leaving Cert

School should be entirely voluntary from Primary and up.

No, but the teaching of Irish should be changed

it shouldnt be a subject youre examined on

No, but it should be encouraged through other, fun, means.

Irish language should remain a compulsory subject on the national curriculum but the teaching of the Irish language should be optional

Yes, with A LOT more incentives to do HL, example: extra 40 points in LC, allowing extra support for HL Irish students,

Yes, every school should be a Gaelscoil.

Keep it mandatory till the junior cert then make it optional for the leaving cert

I would suggest mandatory until the Junior Certificate only at which point after that I would make it an optional subject for the Leaving Certificate.

Compulsory up to Junior certificate

No, make it optional

Yes, teach all subjects through Irish

We need to focus on bringing it back as a first language is more important

It should be kept as a choice after junior cert

Yes, but focus more on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories, and phrases and should become a choice subject in Secondary School

It should be optional until it is taught better in schools, in it's current state you can learn a lot more French (for example) than Irish in the span of 3 years.

It should be a choice subject for leaving cert and should offer 25 extra points if you pick higher level of it.

Make it a choice

They should give students decide if they want to or not because some students don't like it and can't speak it because they are already learning 2 languages and some have a 3rd language which is to much for some people.

No, but for Secondary students, make it an optional subject.

Yes, and primary level is sufficient

Yes, all schools should be remodeled into Gael scoillana only schools

Make it a voluntary subject, but completely restructure the manner in which Irish is taught and learned to focus on better levels of fluency and grammatical understanding

Compulsory for junior cert, optional for leaving cert

Yes, with more emphasis on the ability to speak and understand the language and with less requirements for exemption among foreign students.