136 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the findings by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, which revealed that almost one in five secondary school pupils does not learn a foreign language; his views on whether this is a barrier to Ireland achieving its goal of becoming a knowledge based economy in view of the importance of international marketing and communication with other countries; the steps he proposes to take to improve this position with regard to the learning of modern foreign languages in the primary and secondary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37097/09]

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136 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the findings by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, which revealed that almost one in five secondary school pupils does not learn a foreign language; his views on whether this is a barrier to Ireland achieving its goal of becoming a knowledge based economy in view of the importance of international marketing and communication with other countries; the steps he proposes to take to improve this position with regard to the learning of modern foreign languages in the primary and secondary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37097/09]

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