Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Seirbhísí Poiblí Dátheangacha na gComhlachtaí Poiblí agus Líon na Seirbhíseach Dátheangach: Plé
Mr. David Cagney:
My colleague indicated that we would do that. The Deputy’s question is to show us the benefits - statistically I am interpreting - of that approach.
As I said to the Deputy earlier, on the 20% aspiration, we see that there is a short-term, medium-term and long-term approach. We have talked about the long-term approach regarding education. Since I appeared before this committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy we have put in place a number of initiatives as to how we advertise, communicate and, obviously, deal with the competition process. We are not getting the numbers so we need to go back and look at that again. My concern based on all of the evidence and some of the research that is available to me is that it is the pipeline coming through that is the main issue and not the competition status although I absolutely accept that we should look at everything, including the competition status and the suggestions made by Deputy Ó Cuív.
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