 The study added that a significant number of Gaeltacht schools had switched to teaching in English, and others were wavering.In 2002 the third "Coimisiún na Gaeltachta" stated in its report that the erosion of the use of Irish in the Gaeltacht was now such that it was only a matter of time before the Gaeltacht disappeared.In some areas, Irish had already ceased to be a community language.