Seanad debates
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages
10:30 am
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Senators. This is highly progressive legislation. The message I give to the English language schools is that they should enter into dialogue with Mr. Patrick King. The IEM will be a marketing tool that high class, top quality English language schools can use. It will also remove substandard schools that teach English as a foreign language. The legislation will benefit schools in the short term and, more important, in the long term because they will be able to avail of the IEM. I ask that schools enter into dialogue and partnership with Mr. Patrick King to ensure we have a robust English language sector.
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