Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate that, but doing either nothing or very little is also a mistake. We have to acknowledge that. I fully appreciate that we can be fast followers, we can look at mistakes that have been made and it may be a good strategy to sit back and watch others make mistakes, but, equally, it is a mistake for us not to have developed in this area.

With regard to the 5,000 jobs referred to in the report, we are putting ourselves at a competitive disadvantage even in the context of creating those jobs because there does not seem to be an identified pipeline of talent coming through, which is a concern I have. My time is up. I thank the witnesses.