Vol. 443 No. 4
219 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made to establish an advisory council for English language schools; and the progress that has been made to develop the potential of Dublin as the most appropriate international language learning centre.
The existing advisory council for English language schools (ACELS) continues to operate pending the finalisation of steps to reconstitute it. It is expected that the new reconstituted council will be established in the near future.
Developing Ireland as an international education centre will also be facilitated by the International Education Board Ireland which has recently been established by my Department. It has a brief to
—promote Ireland as an international education centre, and to assist wider involvement of Irish institutions and business in this area;
—to negotiate the removal of barriers to the full exploitation by Irish organisation of international education opportunities.
