Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Browne attended a committee here in a different capacity. My query relates to page 42 of the university's vision for 2020. At the Irish committee Dr. Browne said that a bilingual campus was simply an aspiration. Again, there are money implications for that. As he will know, Gaillimh le Gaeilge has published a very good document on the value of the Irish language in Galway to the economy. I am bad on figures but I am sure Dr. Browne can tell me the correct figure. I think the Irish language is worth over €100 million. Last Tuesday, and it is fair that I say so and I have not misquoted him, Dr. Browne said bilingualism is simply an aspiration.