Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion
Dr. Aodhán Mac Cormaic:
I know that there are significant opportunities, particularly in translation work with the end of the derogation of Irish in the EU. There are significant opportunities and there will be more of them for people to work from home over the next couple of years. A lot of outsourcing will take place. That will either end up in some of the bigger translation companies, some of which are non-Gaeltacht-based and others which are Gaeltacht-based. The reality in which it works is that much of this work is not done by the companies themselves but is subcontracted to people who are working from home. There will be an expansion in the level of work available for those translation services over the next couple of years.
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