It doesn’t seem to apply to other public or civil service positions?We would need another referendum! The constitution would have to be changed first as Irish is the first language of the country.
Everything is solvable when there is a will. All primary school teachers have to be able to teach all subjects through Irish up to 6th class. This only applies to post primary teachers who teach Irish or work in a Gaeltacht school.It doesn’t seem to apply to other public or civil service positions?
Kids could still be thought Irish. The teacher that doesn’t have Irish would take another class for say French or German and m kids could be thought Irish by there teacher.
Say at least 50% of teachers in a school needing Irish.
It seems solvable.
I doubt it. BTW I'm not proposing to scrap Irish language education in primary. In fact we should encourage it along with learning a European language.We would need another referendum! The constitution would have to be changed first as Irish is the first language of the country.
Are you sure it's "most" who come back? Seems many of those leaving for Australia/NZ Canada after graduating are staying permanently. They are basically housing refugees.Most of them “boomerang” and return home
I think it depends on where you go, who you marry and if you have kids etc. If you marry a local in some of those countries or once kids start going to school, it's a lot harder to move home. Similar to many of our Polish and Eastern European New Irish. Different if you move to the middle east where the lifestyle is perhaps less orientated towards families and where you are less likely to marry locallyAre you sure it's "most" who come back? Seems many of those leaving for Australia/NZ Canada after graduating are staying permanently. They are basically housing refugees.
Absolutely. A large majority of Irish-born people who move abroad for a year or more return home.Are you sure it's "most" who come back?
Of the 64,000 emigrants, 30,500 were Irish citizens in the year to April 2023. With a total of 29,600 returning Irish citizens, there is close to zero net migration (-900 people).
“Data” is not the plural of “anecdote”.Those who leave after graduating in Ireland to take up professional positions overseas are much less likely to return I would have thought.
Fair enough but without more specific data it's anecdotal either way. How many Irish doctors/engineers/teachers/scientists have you heard of who gave up their position in Australia to move back to Ireland?“Data” is not the plural of “anecdote”.
With 30 seconds thought I could mentally list half a dozen teachers I know, who taught in Middle East and / or Australia, and are now back here teaching again.Fair enough but without more specific data it's anecdotal either way. How many Irish doctors/engineers/teachers/scientists have you heard of who gave up their position in Australia to move back to Ireland?
I know of a few non-Irish pre-school teachers who are studying Irish to qualify for teacher training. Some of our pre-school teachers here are very well qualified Montessori or primary teachers abroad who are highly aware of the difference in pay and conditions between the pre-school and primary sectors here.Presumably Irish language requirements for primary school has something to do with stopping EU teachers from practicing.
If they were more enlightened a French or other European native school teacher should be considered a bonus, not an impediment! to teach.
This is a good thing!The Irish education systems moves at a glacial pace....actually slower.
No they are not. Americans are by far the most mobile.Irish workers are the most mobile in the world.
Most of them “boomerang” and return home with more skills. This happens in booms and recessions both. I’ve done it myself and €750 a year wouldn’t have swung it.
Newspaper articles always mention the outflows but rarely the inflows.
I clearly meant internationally mobile.Americans are by far the most mobile.
Perhaps. But for comparison, comparing the USA with EU migration is almost equivalent.!I clearly meant internationally mobile
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