Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed).

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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In platform working, for example, workers are all sharing the licences. They know if somebody calls the ball on that, then all of their mates' licences are gone. It is similar when people who know they are in breach of the visa requirements have an issue in the workplace. They are unlikely to go to the WRC. Despite the stated reason for these people to be here, they do not have the language skills. We see a huge amount of this in the platform working economy. People do not have the language skills to interface with a lot of the issues coming to fore there. It is a difficult sector to reach.