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Money spent teaching Irish at Second level

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  • 23-03-2010 7:31pm
    #1
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    Hi,
    Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place but does anybody have any idea how much money is spent on the teaching of Irish at second level, specifically in 5th and 6th year?
    Or where I could possibly find any information?
    Thanks


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    dambarude
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    That'd be a hard figure to find, and you probably won't get an answer for it anywhere. Not here anyway.

    (I hope you're not looking to do some Gaeilge bashing btw:pac:, the poor language gets enough abuse!)


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    implausible
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    Why? It wouldn't be any more than for Maths or English.

    You'd have to add the amount of tuition hours required by the Dept. and multiply by an average hourly teaching rate. Then there are textbooks, tapes, exam papers, mock papers, corrections, state exam papers, state examiner's fee per script, state examiner's fee per oral student.... And that's just the stuff I can think of off the top of my head.


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    grrrrrrrrrr
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    E mail the dept!


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    randylonghorn
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    grrrrrrrrrr wrote: »
    E mail the dept!
    I doubt that even they would have that information at the tips of their fingertips, and they have more useful things to be doing than trying to calculate it tbh ...


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    grrrrrrrrrr
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    randylonghorn wrote: »
    I doubt that even they would have that information at the tips of their fingertips, and they have more useful things to be doing than trying to calculate it tbh ...



    They have a press department! contact them! thats their jobs!


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    implausible
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    grrrrrrrrrr wrote: »
    They have a press department! contact them! thats their jobs!

    No, that's not their job! The OP didn't mention s/he was a member of the press. Why would their job involve someone spending time calculating something that someone wants to know on a whim, that isn't important public information?

    Anyway, I'd imagine they're on a work-to-rule and at the best of times, it can be difficult enough to get someone on the phone in the DES.

    People spend a hell of a lot of time giving out about the public service - overpaid, overstaffed etc and you want to give them a little time-wasting project to do?!:rolleyes:


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    grrrrrrrrrr
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    deemark wrote: »
    No, that's not their job! The OP didn't mention s/he was a member of the press. Why would their job involve someone spending time calculating something that someone wants to know on a whim, that isn't important public information?

    Anyway, I'd imagine they're on a work-to-rule and at the best of times, it can be difficult enough to get someone on the phone in the DES.

    People spend a hell of a lot of time giving out about the public service - overpaid, overstaffed etc and you want to give them a little time-wasting project to do?!:rolleyes:


    Fair enough but they'd have some idea! im sure people have asked them that before!! they could tell you without much research!


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