In government, Sinn Fein will deliver on Conradh na Gaeilge plan 'Investment in the Irish language and Gaeltacht from 2016 onwards'. We will ensure a senior cabinet minister has responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and the Irish Language and a permanent Joint Oireachtas Committee for Gaeltacht Affairs and the Irish Language to ensure vital political will, which has been absent to date, is injected into the State's promotion of the language. We will reinstate elections to the board of Udaras na Gaeltachta.
sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools