Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Multilingualism in an EU Context: Discussion with Department of Education and Skills

1:55 pm

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to give the impression that it is a dead language because my earlier questions were about gearing towards industry and preparing the workforce in the best possible way. That is precisely the point. It is a very important language in terms of preparing one to learn more languages and learn about cultures. Perhaps it could be looked at to see if there could be a revival or at least if it could be made as available as widely as possible.

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