Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed).
Mr. Keith Moynes:
Totally. There are some really good, small and medium-sized Irish enterprises many of which are long-standing, multi-generational family businesses doing a great job. I mentioned Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain at the beginning of the meeting. There was a time when there were three of four prime ministers in Europe who had all had some form of English language education in Ireland. I used to work in Japan. There were tonnes of people there. There are businesses that are doing a great job employing people and giving a great experience to learners. What we, and also what they want, is a strong regulatory environment where they can go internationally and recommend this as a good place universally to do business. The Cathaoirleach is absolutely right and it is a very fair point to make that there is a very strong set.
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