Entry test 'unfair' to Irish speakers

ReefBreak

Now this is the sort of thing that really gives the Gaeilge Gestapo a bad name. Does he actually expect every medical college to suddenly hire Irish speakers to do their interviews? Find me a medical applicant that cannot speak English, but can speak Irish, and he might have a point. Otherwise, he should possibly go away and continue thinking up new EU document-translation gravy-trains for Irish speakers.

seamus

Students will fail their assessment for entry into medicine if they can't speak English, regardless of where they come from.

I fail to see why an exception should be made for Irish-only speakers. They will be unable to communicate with patients just the same.

Fat_Fingers

you got to love idle hands Sean O Cuirreain.

Permabear

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seamus

donegalfella wrote: »

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Even if there were young people somewhere out west who couldn't speak English, the simple fact is that it would be impossible for any of them to have completed their leaving certificate without a competent grasp of the English language, as English is a required subject on that curriculum.

The Irish language commissioner gets paid money to find new ways of wasting money.

I'm glad the Dept. of Education has backed off and left the entry criteria for medical courses to the bodies best qualified to make the judgement.

sceptre

An Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirre&#225 wrote: »

There are no specific statutory provisions in relation to the use of Irish. This prohibits me from dealing with the matter in an official capacity as Coimisinéir Teanga

Well, it's ultra vires his role then. Not part of his job and effectively merely his personal opinion. It's a private issue for the colleges in question.

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gizmo555

Never mind communicating with patients - all the medical courses in the country are taught through English (including in NUI Galway). If prospective students are unable to manage an interview in English, how will they cope with the course itself?