Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed).
Dr. Jim Murray:
No. We will work with other State agencies, such as Enterprise Ireland, which promotes Ireland as a destination for English language education. We work closely with our colleagues in the Department and in conjunction with the Department of Justice on the immigration regime. The IEM will be one part of a suite of across-government activities which together, we are very confident, will lead to very significant improvement and ultimately a very high quality and reputable system. The key is to get it off the ground and get it into operation because we now have, in the legislation, very robust measures. Part of our difficulty at the moment is that we are talking about the old system while we are on the cusp of entering into the new system. The key is to get the new system up and running.