Ministers need to do more than applaud a website

Last week, the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn, and the German ambassador to Ireland welcomed the launch of a new website that promotes German in Ireland.

This is a laudable initiative by the German embassy and the Goethe Institute but our Government should be doing more, way more.

The day after this site (www.germanconnects.ie) was launched, the Taoiseach hosted a press conference where a myriad of initiatives were announced in the pursuit of job creation.