I congratulate the Deputy Leader on his new post. I wish him all the best and thank him sincerely for all the assistance and support he gave to people like me and Senators Dolan and Seery Kearney when we started as Senators. I have not forgotten it.

I refer to the article in The Irish Times today that states there could be a €2,000 incentive for new teachers to take up full-time teaching roles and this is part of the Government's agenda to address vacant posts in schools. This is a major issue in Dublin West. It is an issue in the context of balancing out the demand for certain secondary schools over others. We know there are certain schools that many people apply for and then others where parents may be concerned about vacancies.

The proposed measure is a good move. We must also, however, talk again about the pressure being felt by teachers, guards and nurses in areas of Dublin where accommodation is expensive and hard to find. I am looking at a development where 725 cost-rental apartments will be built in Pelletstown. This is another initiative being undertaken by the Government in terms of supply and affordability. Should these two initiatives not be joined up, however?

There is a role, where there are acute pressures in a particular area for gardaí, teachers and nurses, for looking at ring-fencing a certain portion of apartments to be available for cost rental to those teachers, gardaí and nurses.

Gabhaim ar dtús mo fhíorchomhghairdeas leis an Leas-Cheannaire agus leas-cheannaire Fhine Gael, an Seanadóir Seán Kyne. Ba mhaith liom a rá go soiléir go bhfuilimid thar a bheith sásta dó go mbeidh sé sa phost sin. We know he will do a good job and look forward to the final few months of this Seanad.

I raise an issue that relates to Gaeloideachas. A group was here yesterday, who I unfortunately did not have a chance to meet because I had another group of visitors. There must be a right to education through Irish. We have come quite a distance with making the facility available through bunscoileanna and Gaelscoileanna. A new school opened in my area in recent years, Gaelscoil Laighean, initially in Deansgrange and then we found a permanent site for it in Mount Anville. That is to be welcomed. However, within the next few years, the children in that school will go on to secondary school and at the moment the options for them are limited. We are lucky to have two excellent Gaelcholáistí i mo cheantar, i nDún Laoghaire, Coláiste Eoin agus Coláiste Íosagáin agus tá dalta ó Choláiste Íosagáin anseo liom, Hanako O'Donnell, atá ag obair liom i rith an tsamhraidh. Tá siad ann, but there is limited capacity in those schools to accommodate people graduating from Gaelscoileanna. We need more Gaelcholáistí.

Cherrywood is an example of a new development in the Dún Laoghaire area, a planned town with parks, businesses and accommodation and residential areas. It is a fantastic development and has two sites for secondary schools, one of which has full planning permission. For some reason, the Department of Education has not moved forward the patronage process to allow people to decide what type of school will go there. It is ready to go. There is a fíorghá le Gaelcholáiste sa cheantar sin ach níl aon rud ag tarlú laistigh den Roinn. Caithfidh muid rud éigin a dhéanamh faoi agus táim chun Ní i dTosach Suíonna a chur síos faoi, b’fhéidir an seachtain seo chugainn. Is ceist an-tábhachtach í do dhaoine atá ina gcónaí i gCoill na Silíní nó sa cheantar sin.